[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 62 (Tuesday, May 13, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H2491]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             VOTE ``NO'' ON MOVING NUCLEAR WASTE TO NEVADA

  Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, I come here after reading an early morning 
report in the Congressional Quarterly that a House bill moving nuclear 
waste to Nevada is rapidly moving to the House floor for consideration 
of passage. Before House Members consider this bill, I would like to 
address two issues, the first being that the Senate companion bill to 
this, Senate bill 104, was narrowly passed in the Senate and will be 
vetoed by the President under his promise.
  Second is the issue that I ask both sides of the aisle to consider, 
and that is the issue of safety; safety in that they should not vote on 
a bill that is going to move nuclear waste through their communities, 
endangering the lives, the health, and the safety of their 
constituents; throwing away a vote on that issue, throwing away the 
lives and the health and safety of their constituents, just to prove a 
point.
  Mr. Speaker, I would urge both sides of this House to vote no on 
moving nuclear waste to Nevada, House bill 1270, and I would issue this 
proclamation: that the Members should consider that their constituents 
should come first, that their safety and their lives are at issue here.

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