[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 149 (Thursday, October 30, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H9732]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            VOTE ``NO'' ON 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, over the past several months, I have taken 
the same opportunity to speak to the Members of this House on numerous 
times regarding a very important issue to this great Nation. Today, 
Members of this honorable body will have the opportunity to send a 
clear message. By voting ``no'' on H.R. 1270, the Nuclear Waste Policy 
Act, my colleagues will send a clear message that they do not support 
transporting the world's deadliest material, high-level nuclear waste, 
through the neighborhoods of their homes or their districts.
  A no vote will also send a strong message that we do support the 
environmental measures, such as clean air, clean water, safe drinking 
water, and the National Environmental Protection Act. A no vote on H.R. 
1270 will send a message that we do support States' rights.
  Mr. Speaker, the facts are very clear. Transporting nuclear waste 
across this country will have devastating environmental consequences. 
Transporting nuclear waste across this country will cost the hard-
working taxpayers of America billions of dollars. Let us rely on sound 
science, not bad politics. I strongly urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' 
on 1270.

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