[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 148 (Wednesday, October 29, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H9629]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  VOTE NO ON 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. Mr. Speaker, I also rise to talk about H.R. 1270, not 
Yucca Mountain but the interim storage of nuclear waste. A lot of 
people are getting it mistaken.
  Every major environmental group in the United States is opposing H.R. 
1270. Why? Because H.R. 1270 is ignoring all of the laws in the United 
States that protect us. We are talking about the most dangerous 
substance known to mankind, but the Republican leadership even blocked 
us from offering some reasonable amendments.
  One of those amendments would have allowed us to protect our children 
and schools from having nuclear waste transported by their doors. 
Another amendment would have said that this bill cannot waive all of 
our environmental laws. And then something else, talking about 
hypocrisy with the Republican leadership on this, the Republican 
leadership came in defending private property rights, and yet they 
would not even allow us an amendment to defend private property rights 
on H.R. 1270. I urge a ``no'' vote today on the rule and on final 
passage.

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