[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9296]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         NEVADA WON'T BACK DOWN

  (Ms. TITUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. TITUS. Mr. Speaker, today, Energy and Commerce's Environment 
Subcommittee advanced a bill that would ram Yucca Mountain down the 
throats of Nevadans. Among its many faults, the bill usurps the State's 
water rights. Now, this is unethical, it is certainly intellectually 
dishonest, and it is probably unconstitutional.
  Republican lawmakers have long touted states' rights as a basic tenet 
of our democracy. What they must really mean is states' rights apply to 
their States but not to Nevada.
  They also took great pride in opposing the waters of the U.S. 
regulations, saying it was Federal overreach and outrageous power grab. 
Well, so much for principle. Now it is a different story.
  Taking a state's water rights sets a dangerous precedent. If they can 
do it to Nevada, they can do it to you. If they can take our water, 
they can take your water.
  In the West, we say that water is worth fighting for. Whiskey is for 
drinking. Well, we are not giving up this fight.

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