[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 2]
[House]
[Pages 2863-2864]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




EDITORIALS ACROSS SOUTH CAROLINA CONDEMN PRESIDENT'S DECISION ON YUCCA 
                                MOUNTAIN

  (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. Madam Speaker, the President's recent 
budget proposal to Congress kills funding for Yucca Mountain. Without a 
safe and secure location like Yucca Mountain, nuclear energy 
development in America cannot progress.

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  Newspaper editorials throughout South Carolina have condemned the 
President's unilateral move. Last year, the Charleston Post and Courier 
blasted the President's decision as ``breathtakingly irresponsible.''
  The Aiken Standard from February 17 says that the ``president's lack 
of faith in using Yucca Mountain for nuclear waste sends a mixed signal 
to Americans.''
  The Greenville News on February 21 said that ``the Obama 
administration has broken a long-standing Federal promise to deal with 
the Nation's nuclear waste.''
  And in the Lexington County Chronicle on March 4, Mark Bellune 
editorialized, ``liberals would stick us with nuclear waste.''
  I urge Congress and the administration to put politics aside on this 
issue that has serious implications for America's energy future and 
national security from terrorist attacks.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September the 11th in the global war on terrorism.

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