Political Quotes

“I wanted to take a few minutes to share with my colleagues a success story involving the building of a Federal laboratory project with funds from three separate Federal agencies. Several years ago, as part of the efforts to remediate some of the excess facilities at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in my home State of Washington, the Department of Energy decided to tear down virtually all of the laboratory facilities in the so-called 300 Area to remediate and make the area available for future industrial uses. We all shared the goal of cleaning up the 300 Area--it is an important part of the ongoing cleanup work at Hanford. But because the 300 Area was home to approximately 1,000 scientists, engineers and support staff for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, PNNL, we know that we would have to find a new place for them to conduct their work. As I am sure you know, building a replacement laboratory to accommodate 1,000 people is no easy task under any set of circumstances. And the broad spectrum of work being done by these scientists--national security, homeland security, science research-- both increased the challenge and brought a number of Federal agencies together. This unique situation brought together three agencies--the Department of Energy, the National Nuclear Security Administration and the Department of Homeland Security--to create a unique solution, building the Physical Sciences Facility.…”