11/09/2003
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"This recommendation is the culmination of two decades of intense scientific scrutiny."
"A deep geologic repository, such as Yucca Mountain, is important for our national security and our energy future."
"The nascent recovery is still vulnerable and can be derailed by adverse shocks such as those arising from a tax increase."
"Good policies that support this system should not be taken for granted."