[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 87 (Thursday, June 11, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H6542]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      CLEAN ENERGY--NUCLEAR POWER

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Madam Speaker, many countries, including China and 
European nations, are continuing to move to clean energy, such as 
nuclear power. The United States, the nuclear power pioneer, lags far 
behind in the development of new generating plants. The United States 
could and should move to the licensing and development of more nuclear 
power plants.
  Nuclear power is an efficient and a cheaper way of providing clean 
energy to America's manufacturing sector. We should streamline the long 
cumbersome process of power plant applications that use safe reactor 
designs, designs that have already been approved by the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission.
  Progress, safety and costs have advanced to a state that America can 
safely store spent nuclear fuel rods and also recycle fuel. One of 
America's most impressive plants is the North Anna Nuclear Station here 
in nearby Virginia. Nuclear power is responsible for 20 percent of our 
energy, but in France 80 percent of their energy comes from nuclear 
energy. Nuclear power will keep jobs in America and help free us from 
the shackles of foreign control of our energy.
  And that's just the way it is.

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