[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 34 (Thursday, March 4, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H961-H962]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           HYPOCRISY OF TRASH

  (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, I read with interest an article in 
yesterday's Washington Post which some Members of this Congress are 
upset and demanding legislation to stop other States from shipping 
garbage into their

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States. There is some real irony here. My colleagues will understand my 
surprise when I read this because these alarmist complainers are some 
of the very same Members of Congress who want to ship their trash, 
including nuclear waste, all across this country and into my State.
  Mr. Speaker, let me get this straight. They want to stop shipping 
garbage to their State, but they want to ship their deadly toxic waste 
into mine. A transportation accident, including banana peels and used 
paper towels, is certainly not going to be the same as one of the 
consequences of an accident with nuclear waste.
  I yield back this hypocrisy of trash, and I encourage Members to 
support common sense, fairness and safety, and oppose H.R. 45.

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