[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 130 (Thursday, September 25, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H7838]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              AGAINST H.R. 1270, NUCLEAR WASTE POLICY ACT

  (Mr. ENSIGN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ENSIGN. Madam Speaker, I rise today in opposition of the Nuclear 
Waste Policy Act of 1997. Rarely in America do environmental groups, do 
private property rights groups and the people who truly believe in 
States rights ever join together to oppose something or to support 
something. But in this case, Madam Speaker, they all join together to 
oppose the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1997. The reason is because from 
an environmental standpoint, there are safety reasons.
  During the transport of nuclear waste across 43 States, there are 
transportation safety reasons that environmental groups oppose this 
for. Private property rights oppose it because it devalues private 
property values as nuclear waste is transported past those private 
profits. And States rights people are against it because this is one 
State having nuclear waste shoved down its throat against its will. 
This is against the U.S. Constitution.

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