[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 4037]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         GOVERNOR GUINN'S VETO

  (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, yesterday Nevada made history. History, Mr. 
Speaker, because Nevada's Governor, Kenny Guinn, vetoed a Presidential 
decision, a decision to ship nuclear waste to the State of Nevada. 
Almost 2 decades ago when Nevada was given the right to cast this veto, 
we were under the impression that a recommendation on Yucca Mountain 
would be based on sound science, assuring the safety and security of 
Nevadans and every American.
  Instead, the process has been riddled with bias, and the DOE 
recommendation was based on political expediency. For example, the DOE 
refuses to address the inherent problems that come with transporting 
the deadliest substance known to man through 43 States and for 3 
decades to come.
  Mr. Speaker, I applaud Governor Guinn's decision to stand up to the 
convoluted mess of special interests and corruption that the Department 
of Energy refers to as the Yucca Mountain project.
  I urge my colleagues to join Nevada's Governor and delegation in 
opposing a project that is immeasurably dangerous to every American.

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