[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Pages 4251-4252]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   SENATE RESOLUTION 88--EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT THE 
PRESIDENT AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHOULD ENSURE THAT THE GOVERNMENT 
 OF CANADA DOES NOT PERMANENTLY STORE NUCLEAR WASTE IN THE GREAT LAKES 
                                 BASIN

  Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Brown, 
Mr. Durbin, Mr. Franken, Mr. Peters, and Ms. Baldwin) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
Relations:

                               S. Res. 88

       Whereas the water resources of the Great Lakes Basin are 
     precious public natural resources, shared by the Great Lakes 
     States and the Canadian Provinces;
       Whereas the United States and Canada have, since 1909, 
     worked to maintain and improve the water quality of the Great 
     Lakes through water quality agreements;

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       Whereas over 40,000,000 people in both Canada and the 
     United States depend on the fresh water from the Great Lakes 
     for drinking water;
       Whereas Ontario Power Generation is proposing to build a 
     permanent geological repository for nuclear waste less than 
     one mile from Lake Huron in Kincardine, Ontario, Canada;
       Whereas nuclear waste is highly toxic and can take tens of 
     thousands of years to decompose to safe levels;
       Whereas a spill of nuclear waste into the Great Lakes could 
     have lasting and severely adverse environmental, health, and 
     economic impacts on the Great Lakes and the people that 
     depend on them for their livelihood:
       Whereas 187 local, county, State, and tribal governments 
     have passed resolutions in opposition to Ontario Power 
     Generation's proposed nuclear waste repository;
       Whereas tribes and First Nations' citizens have a strong 
     spiritual and cultural connection to the Great Lakes, and its 
     protection is fundamental to treaty rights;
       Whereas Ontario Power Generation has promised not to move 
     forward with their current proposal without the support of 
     the First Nations that would be impacted; and
       Whereas, during the 1980s, when the Department of Energy, 
     in accordance with the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, was 
     studying potential sites for a permanent nuclear waste 
     repository in the United States, the Government of Canada 
     expressed concern with locating a permanent nuclear waste 
     repository within shared water basins of the two countries: 
     Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that--
       (1) the Government of Canada should not allow a permanent 
     nuclear waste repository to be built within the Great Lakes 
     Basin;
       (2) the President and the Secretary of State should take 
     appropriate action to work with the Government of Canada to 
     prevent a permanent nuclear waste repository from being built 
     within the Great Lakes Basin; and
       (3) the President and the Secretary of State should work 
     together with their Government of Canada counterparts on a 
     safe and responsible solution for the long-term storage of 
     nuclear waste.

   SENATE RESOLUTION 89--SUPPORTING THE DESIGNATION OF MARCH 2017 AS 
             ``NATIONAL COLORECTAL CANCER AWARENESS MONTH''

  Mr. ENZI (for himself and Mr. Menendez) submitted the following 
resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

                               S. Res. 89

       Whereas colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of 
     cancer death among men and women combined in the United 
     States;
       Whereas, in 2017, more than 135,430 individuals in the 
     United States will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer and 
     approximately 50,260 more will die from it;
       Whereas colorectal cancer is one of the most preventable 
     forms of cancer because screening tests can find polyps that 
     can be removed before becoming cancerous;
       Whereas screening tests can detect colorectal cancer early, 
     which is when treatment works best;
       Whereas the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
     estimates that if every individual who is 50 years of age or 
     older had regular screening tests, as many as 60 percent of 
     deaths from colorectal cancer could be prevented;
       Whereas the 5-year survival rate for patients with 
     localized colorectal cancer is 90 percent, but only 39 
     percent of all diagnoses occur at that stage;
       Whereas colorectal cancer screenings can effectively reduce 
     the incidence of colorectal cancer and mortality, but 1 in 3 
     adults between 50 and 75 years of age are not up to date with 
     recommended colorectal cancer screening;
       Whereas public awareness and education campaigns on 
     colorectal cancer prevention, screening, and symptoms are 
     held during the month of March each year; and
       Whereas educational efforts can help provide to the public 
     information on methods of prevention and screening, as well 
     as symptoms for early detection: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) supports--
       (A) the designation of March 2017 as ``National Colorectal 
     Cancer Awareness Month''; and
       (B) the goals and ideals of National Colorectal Cancer 
     Awareness Month; and
       (2) encourages the people of the United States to observe 
     National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month with appropriate 
     awareness and educational activities.

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