Thomas Daschle: “I simply ask, who among us would want to sign our names to that? Who among us feels the need to rush to judgment, to…”

“I simply ask, who among us would want to sign our names to that? Who among us feels the need to rush to judgment, to make a decision on an interim site based upon what I consider to be faulty logic, recognizing that we are not subjecting the interim site to the same standards as a permanent site? This issue is of such great concern to the President that he has sent a letter on it to all of us. The Administration cannot support this bill, and the President would veto it if the bill were presented to him in its present form. The Administration believes it is important to continue work on a permanent geologic repository. According to the National Academy of Science, there is a world-wide scientific consensus that permanent geologic disposal is the best option for disposing of commercial and other high-level nuclear waste.”