[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 41 (Monday, March 9, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H3080]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              NUCLEAR ENERGY VITAL TO ENERGY INDEPENDENCE

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, yesterday The Post and 
Courier of Charleston, South Carolina, editorialized the following: 
``President Obama's decision to abandon the national nuclear waste 
disposal site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, is a breathtakingly 
irresponsible dismissal of a vital project on which billions have 
already been spent. It extends a security risk at dozens of temporary 
waste disposal sites around the Nation and threatens to cripple the 
future nuclear development needed to advance national energy 
independence.''
  The editorial continues to say, ``For South Carolina, it raises the 
likelihood that vast quantities of nuclear waste at the Savannah River 
site will simply remain there indefinitely. Congress should repudiate 
the administration's decision.''
  That is sound advice. Nuclear energy is clean energy. It has provided 
my home State over 50 percent of our electrical power for over 30 years 
and will continue to be an important part of our Nation's energy 
infrastructure.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September the 11th.

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