[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 139 (Wednesday, August 5, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4938-S4939]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                     TRIBUTE TO ROBERT J. HALSTEAD

 Ms. ROSEN. Mr. President, it is my honor today to recognize 
the career and service of Robert J. Halstead, a pillar of the Nevada 
environmental community, who retired earlier this month after serving 
the great State of Nevada for over three decades.
  Bob has been instrumental as a leader in the fight against the failed 
and fiscally irresponsible proposal to dump our Nation's nuclear waste 
at the Yucca Mountain site in Nevada. Since

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2001, Bob has served as the executive director for the Nevada Agency 
for Nuclear Projects, where his watchful eye and his inexhaustible 
passion for protecting our State has been an invaluable resource.
  On numerous occasions, Bob has stood before the State and the U.S. 
Congress to share his expertise on the subjects of nuclear waste, 
radioactive materials, and nuclear waste transportation.
  We owe Bob Halstead a debt of gratitude for the crucial work he has 
done to protect Nevadans and the State itself from becoming the 
Nation's nuclear dumping ground.
  Bob also has defended the state beyond the Yucca Mountain fight. Two 
years ago, when it came to light that the Department of Energy had 
secretly shipped a half ton of weapons-grade plutonium to the Nevada 
National Security Site, Bob led the charge to right this incredible 
wrong committed against our State.
  I am deeply grateful for Bob's tireless work to protect the health 
and safety of our community and our environment. He has been a source 
of great support for me and my staff, offering his unmatched knowledge 
of the complex history of Yucca Mountain and our State's fight against 
the ill-advised proposal, to which Nevadans have never consented.
  Even though Bob is taking a step back from his work and is beginning 
a well-deserved retirement, I know that he will remain a continued 
source of inspiration, knowledge, and passion as we continue in our 
fight to defend Nevada. I thank Bob Halstead for a lifetime of service, 
and I wish him and his family all the best in this new chapter of 
life.

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