Lindsey Graham: “Several States played a very key role in winning the cold war by making sure we had a strong and effective nuclear…”

“Several States played a very key role in winning the cold war by making sure we had a strong and effective nuclear deterrent. South Carolina is one of them, as are Idaho and Washington. They are States that have cold-war legacy materials. As Senator Allard suggested, the Federal Government has been working with these sites for decades now. We spent billions of dollars-- billions and billions and billions of dollars--to clean up the cold-war legacy that exists at the Savannah River site and other sites. To be honest with you, we have spent a lot of money and have done very little cleanup. From a taxpayer point of view, from an environmental point of view, the longer you put this off, the more it costs, and the more damage that can be done. I have an amendment that would allow $350 million that has been put on the table by the Department of Energy to accelerate cleanup--$350 million has been put on the table in, I think, a very creative fashion to accelerate cleanup at these sites, putting new money on the table.”