my bill, the jobs not waste act, which i add as an amendment to 3053, would prohibit d.o.e. from moving forward with its plan until are r job-creating ideas considered. we can repurpose this site for something useful. i urge congress to stop wasting time and taxpayer money on yucca mountain and finally realize just how dangerous and costly this project will be. it's past time we identify viable alternatives for this project while finding a safe, announcer: one of those senators went to the floor to discuss his position on the floor.

>> mr. president, i lies to repeat my position to restart licensing activities at yucca mountain. actnuclear waste amendment which passed the house a few hours ago. was a total waste of taxpayer dollars. not only will i place a hold on the bill now, i will also object the motion to the bill. this proves my point that i am the only person in washington dc standing between a beautiful for a nevada driven with nuclear waste. i will continue to serve as a roadblock to every effort to make nevada our nuclear waste dump.

attempts, i'ved been able to ensure that not a single dollar has been appropriated. as long as i am in the senate, yucca mountain is dead. it is as simple as that. under my watch, i will not let one more hard-earned taxpayer dollars go towards the failed yucca mountain project. i am proud to say that because of my leadership, the senate has repeatedly refused to pass a law funding the high level nuclear waste repository, a position --t has recently confirmed was confirmed in the omnibus spending measure. with majoritywork

leader, yucca mountain remains dead. it is as simple as that. -- some of our friends continue to waste their time attempting to bring back life to this ill-conceived and fiscally irresponsible plan. the efforts keep alive a , distracting fight us from the real task at hand, wasteis finding a viable storage solution that meets the needs of all americans. i will be the first person to recognize the important role nuclear power plays. with nuclear energy comes the need to properly store nuclear fuel. our nation cannot progress towards achieving viable storage solutions for nuclear full you'll -- fuel without first

abandoning yucca mountain. we should come to the table to discuss the waste storage needs. we should. the state should have a say in the matter. , it prevents -- it offers a means of addressing the high-level nuclear waste problem while respecting the sovereignty of state to object to the coming nuclear waste dumps. yucca mountain proposal represents the exact opposite of consent. it is a unilaterally proposed federal mandate that goes against the will of the people that it directly affects. you have heard me raise this question many times. why should a state without a singular -- single nuclear power plant of its own be forced against its will to house all of

our nuclear waste? why should a state without a nuclear powerngle plant be forced against its well to house all of our nations nuclear waste? this is a question that has never been answered. , from the speaker of the house, nor from the author of this bill. if you want an intellectually honest answer, it should not. it should not have to. the disregard for the local population, the echo mountain proposal -- yucca mountain proposal has catastrophic financial risks that must be addressed before and not after the proposal moves forward, should it move forward at all. what are the risks? yucca mountain is located 90 miles from the world's most premier entertainment

destination of las vegas, nevada. las vegas was nearly 43 million visitors you over the past decade, the las vegas area has been one of the most fast growing in the u.s. any issues with the transportation of nuclear waste or issues with storage there will bring devastating consequences to the las vegas -- las vegas the -- community. 2600 trucks hauling one cask each over the next 50 years. with 7000 miles

of highway and cross over 44 states. today, nevadans have not received sufficient assurance that their concerns about these risks will receive the procedural due process, proper consideration. recent correspondence, i continue to stress to the commission the procedure of safeguards like local hearings to ensure that party is directly affected by the proposal had the opportunity to air their concerns and have them considered in an open and reasonably close forum. it is because of these and other unresolved can and that i continue to stand with the state of nevada in strong opposition at the yucca not in repository. wetherington -- rather than forcing nevada, taxpayers would --better off to spend

identifying the time for the long-term storage of nuclear waste in areas that are willing to house it. -- rnatives the federal government should not waste another taxpayer dollar on yucca mountain. according to the department of energy estimates, an additional $82 billion would be needed to license, construct and operate yucca mountain, bringing the total system life cycle for the project around $100 billion, an amount that would probably be 15% to 20% higher in today's dollars. it is clear, mr. president, instead of throwing more taxpayer dollars at a failed proposal, which is exactly what the house of representatives amendment act in, we should be

act does, we should be working for a consent waste fighting. ng.siti focus on further implementation of the department of energy consent-based siting process. i stand ready to partner with my colleagues on this issue and am confident that we can find a solution to this problem once and for all. with that, i yield the floor. c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up friday morning, a discussion of the u.s. withdrawal from the iran nuclear president andcil senior fellow. first town university professor explains the budgetary

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