[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 123 (Tuesday, September 16, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H7286]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              H.R. 1270, NUCLEAR WASTE POLICY ACT OF 1997

  (Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, the American people have been well served 
by the 105th Congress. This Republican Congress has created a balanced 
budget, given tax relief to millions of Americans, and allowed small 
businesses and companies to create thousands of new jobs. All this was 
done because the American people wanted it and, Mr. Speaker, they 
deserved it.
  However, before adjournment Congress may consider a bill that the 
American people do not want, a bill that does not reflect their 
consolidated voice or best interests. That bill I am referring to is 
H.R. 1270, the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1997.
  Residents in cities like New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, 
Dallas and many others certainly do not want to put their children and 
loved ones at severe risk because their elected officials voted to ship 
toxic nuclear waste through their neighborhoods and communities.
  Fellow colleagues, one mishap is all it would take to ravage one of 
these cities or even your community. Let us not mar the monumental 
accomplishments of this Congress by voting on a truly dangerous and 
ill-conceived bill. Vote ``no'' on H.R. 1270.

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