[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5640]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         YUCCA REPOSITORY BILL

  (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, in 2002, Yucca Mountain 
was approved as the location for our Nation's nuclear repository, which 
was previously authorized by Congress in 1987. In 2010, sadly, the 
President placed party politics over the interests of the American 
people and began the wasteful process of stopping the project.
  Consumers in South Carolina have paid over $1.3 billion for the 
establishment of a national nuclear repository at Yucca Mountain. In 
order to establish accountability and to protect the people living in 
the Second Congressional District of South Carolina, I have introduced 
the Yucca Utilization to Control Contamination Act. This bill gives the 
administration two options: first, certify the Yucca Mountain project 
or, second, face fines to reimburse consumers across the Nation who 
have paid for its opening.
  The President constantly talks about fairness. It is only fair that 
the people of South Carolina receive the services they have already 
paid for with hardworking taxpayer dollars promoting jobs.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September the 11th in the global war on terrorism.

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