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Ron Wyden: “I urge Senators, in particular, as they make up their minds on this issue to look at two important reports. The…”

On the recordJune 5, 2003
I urge Senators, in particular, as they make up their minds on this issue to look at two important reports. The Congressional Budget Office report and the report done by the Congressional Research Service are particularly illuminating in that the Congressional Budget Office report talks about how, in their judgment, there is a more than 50-percent probability that these plants will not be successful, that they will fail. And the Congressional Research Service, in their analysis, indicates if that is the case, taxpayers would be on the hook for in the vicinity of $16 billion.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Discussing the financial implications of nuclear power plants during Senate debate.

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