[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 71 (Monday, May 17, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H3213]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     NBC MINI-SERIES, ATOMIC TRAIN

  (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, last night on national television, millions 
of Americans tuned in to watch the NBC mini-series, ``Atomic Train.'' 
This movie attempts to portray how serious and potentially disastrous a 
nuclear waste carrying train accident would be for America.
  Well, Mr. Speaker, just the prospect of this movie has made the 
nuclear power lobbyists more nervous than an alligator in a luggage 
factory.
  So much so, that they pushed NBC into making script changes in an 
effort to hide the real dangers of transporting nuclear waste on 
trains.
  So tonight, as this mini-series concludes, Americans should know the 
dangerous reality that exists in transporting nuclear waste through 
American neighborhoods.
  Members of Congress should know that this type of disaster could be a 
reality in their district, in their hometowns, next to their children's 
schools and playgrounds. I urge my colleagues to oppose H.R. 45 and 
tell the special interests no to an atomic train coming through their 
districts.
  Do not let them pull the wool over your eyes.
  I yield back the balance of my time to NBC to tell the American 
people the truth about transporting nuclear waste.

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