[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 20196]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       THANK YOU, GOVERNOR HALEY

  (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, I appreciate Governor 
Nikki Haley of South Carolina for her decision to enforce the law and 
fine the Department of Energy for failing to process weapons-grade 
plutonium, which the Department was statutorily mandated by 50 U.S. 
Code, Section 2566.
  While the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility is about 70 percent 
completed, it will not be able to meet the January 1, 2016, deadline 
establishing a $1 million a day fine up to $100 million annually. This 
was documented today in the Aiken Standard by SRS beat reporter Derrek 
Asberry.
  While other options have been examined using flawed, biased studies, 
they are not real alternatives because the MOX process is the only 
viable, legal option under our nuclear nonproliferation agreement with 
the Russian Federation. Additionally, it converts weapons-grade 
plutonium into green fuel, promotes nuclear nonproliferation, and 
eliminates the need for a repository.
  The Department of Energy should commit to complete the MOX project in 
its entirety, as it promised the people of South Carolina, especially 
when considering the economic and environmental impact of storing the 
material.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and may the President by his 
actions never forget September the 11th in the global war on terrorism.

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