[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 52 (Wednesday, May 1, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H1772]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL MOVING ACROSS AMERICA

  (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, do my colleagues recognize this symbol 
here, the national symbol for dangerous radioactivity? I hope so. 
Because these signs, and we should get used to them, will soon be in 
our neighborhoods, our communities, near our schools and parks, along 
our highways and railways in our districts.
  The most dangerous toxic type of radioactive material known to man, 
spent nuclear fuel, is very close to being carried through 44 States, 
703 counties and 109 major metropolitan areas, and probably through my 
colleagues' own neighborhood. If this Congress votes to pass the 
resolution designating Yucca Mountain as the Nation's nuclear waste 
dump, we will see this symbol driving by our homes, schools and 
churches for at least the next 38 years.
  Mr. Speaker, are our constituents prepared to live near a nuclear 
shipping route that leads to Yucca Mountain? Are the 123 million 
Americans living near these routes prepared for a nuclear disaster? Let 
us protect our rail and highways and, more importantly, our American 
families. Vote no on House Joint Resolution 87.

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