[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 100 (Thursday, July 7, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H4685]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   YUCCA MOUNTAIN: A NUCLEAR DISASTER

  (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, the President says he 
supports nuclear power development, but his actions have sadly stopped 
construction at Yucca Mountain after more than $10 billion of ratepayer 
money has already been invested, killing jobs in Nevada.
  Utility companies across the country have been mandated by the 
Federal Government to collect over $33 billion for the Nuclear Waste 
Fund to build Yucca Repository. The Federal Government promised 
citizens of South Carolina and Georgia that nuclear material being 
stored at Savannah River Site would be sent to Yucca for permanent 
disposal. Now, this high-level waste will sit at SRS, and as reported 
by The Post and Courier, at more than 106 other sites across the 
country. The Post and Courier has editorialized that the President's 
position is ``breathtakingly irresponsible.''
  I agree with Brian Tucker, president of the North Augusta Chamber of 
Commerce, that the administration should quit playing political games 
and follow through on promises to be guided by science and not by 
politics.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September the 11th in the global war on terrorism.

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