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Lloyd Doggett: “Without the amendment that this House and the Senate approved, there is absolutely nothing to keep a group of unelected…”

On the recordJuly 29, 1998
Without the amendment that this House and the Senate approved, there is absolutely nothing to keep a group of unelected commissioners, appointed by the same governors who may have said, as in our case, one thing in Texas and another thing up here in Washington about this compact, from taking that nuclear waste from any of those States; or maybe some of the ones that are in compacts already but are part of those compacts that have been unable to get a licensing agreement since way back in 1980, almost 20 years ago?
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Lloyd Doggett
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Discussing concerns about nuclear waste management and the role of appointed commissioners.

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