[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 118 (Tuesday, September 9, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H7021]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             VOTE AGAINST NUCLEAR WASTE POLICY ACT OF 1997

  (Mr. ENSIGN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ENSIGN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to voice my strong opposition to H.R. 
1270, the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1997, which the Committee on 
Commerce is expected to address soon.
  This legislation will have devastating impacts not only on the State 
of Nevada but on 43 other States in the Union. H.R. 1270 proposes 
sending thousands of high-level nuclear waste shipments from 109 
locations across 43 States to a single repository in Nevada.
  More than likely, these shipments will cross Members' districts, by 
their schools, their churches, hospitals and playgrounds in the 
process. Here is a very small sampling of the possibilities of that 
nuclear waste, as it travels across the country, if there is an 
accident.
  Before we vote in support of H.R. 1270, we should ask ourselves: What 
if this was my district? The possible consequences are chilling. We 
must all be responsible stewards of our constituents' best interests 
and vote against H.R. 1270.

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