Washington, Aug. 24 -- Congresswoman Susie Lee issued the following press release:
Washington, D.C.- Today, Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03) and Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) introduced legislation to ensure Yucca Mountain will neverbe used as a repository for nuclear waste.The Jobs, Not Waste Act follows the Trump Administration's proposal to scrap Yucca Mountain as the nation's sole nuclear waste repository and instead allowotherstates to willingly host such facilities.
"I willcontinue to work to never letYucca Mountain become the nation's dumping ground for nuclear waste.Time and time again, Nevadans haveclearly opposed storing waste atYucca Mountain-now we have a chance to make sure Yucca stays dead for good," said Congresswoman ...