News From Sen. Harry Reid - Assistant Democratic Leader From Nevada

Statement by Senator Harry Reid Concerning George W. Bush's Letter on Yucca Mountain

Friday, September 29, 2000

"Nevadans should view this letter for what it really is, a cynical attempt by George W. Bush to stop his precipitous decline in the Nevada polls. The real truth is that Governor Bush's own party, financed by the greedy nuclear power industry, has pulled out all the stops in their efforts to bury Nevada in nuclear waste. Senator Pete Domenici has promised an interim storage site within six months of a Republican administration and George W. Bush hasn't answered the real question at hand: would he veto legislation to lower the health and safety standards at Yucca Mountain? Al Gore and Bill Clinton have already vetoed it once and Al Gore has promised Nevadans that he would veto again if it were sent to his desk."


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