January 18, 2012 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE, Vol. 158, Pt. 1 61 Mountain, which is in the desert in Ne- CONGRATULATING UNIVERSITY OF I speak on behalf of the constituents vada, there is currently no nuclear ALABAMA ON 2011 BCS CHAM- of the Seventh Congressional District, waste onsite. At Sequoyah, the waste is PIONSHIP the great State of Alabama, and this stored above the ground in pools and The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Nation as I express how proud we are of dry casks. If we were to put it in Yucca Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from the players, coaches, and athletic staff Mountain, where it is supposed to go, Alabama (Ms. SEWELL) for 5 minutes. of the for mak- the waste would be stored 1,000 feet un- Ms. SEWELL. Mr. Speaker, today I ing this victory possible and helping derground—underneath, in essence, a rise to congratulate the University of our communities heal. mountain. At Sequoyah, the waste is 25 Alabama Crimson Tide for being the I also want to thank Representative feet from the groundwater table. At 2011 BCS champions. Roll Tide. CASSIDY of Louisiana for being such a Yucca Mountain, it would be 1,000 feet The State of Alabama is still number good sport and looking so dapper today above the water table, and Yucca one in . For the past 3 in his brand-new Crimson Tide tie and Mountain is 100 miles from the Colo- consecutive years, a team from the attire. What an addition to your ward- rado River. Sequoyah is 14 miles from State of Alabama has won the national robe. the city of Chattanooga and 14 miles championship trophy. The University I urge my colleagues to please join from Chickamauga Lake. of Alabama has been the national me in celebrating the achievements of So why do I highlight these issues? champs twice in the last 3 years. the University of Alabama Crimson Because of what happened in Japan The championship game between Ala- Tide and its outstanding athletes on with Fukushima Daiichi and the high- bama and LSU represents college foot- their 2011 BCS championship victory. level nuclear waste. ball at its finest. Both schools have a Roll Tide. A lot of the nuclear exposure was be- proud and very rich tradition in foot- f cause pools had dried up. The nuclear ball history, and the LSU Tigers should MAKE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT waste heated up, and then you had al- be commended for an outstanding sea- LIVE WITHIN ITS MEANS most a worldwide catastrophe right son. While both teams deserve recogni- next to the ocean. If we were doing tion, in the end, Alabama beat LSU The SPEAKER pro tempore. The what was public policy in Federal law with a final score of 21–0. Chair recognizes the gentleman from in collecting our high-level nuclear I want to congratulate the coaches, Michigan (Mr. WALBERG) for 5 minutes. waste and taking it to a desert under- staff, team, and the entire university Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Speaker, when neath a mountain, that would be a family and fans for an amazing season. the 112th Congress was sworn in on much more secure location than It was your hard work, persistence, January 5, 2011, I, along with many of around our major municipalities, our leadership, and commitment all season my fellow Republicans, voted to change streams, and our groundwater loca- long that made this decisive victory the status quo. tions. But, no, because of this adminis- become a reality. Instead of escalating spending, we tration and some political promises The University of Alabama has had a have made and pushed for significant made in the last election cycle, they long-standing tradition of excellence in spending cuts. Instead of forcing a tril- have defunded and pulled off the table collegiate football. This year’s victory lion dollar government takeover of Yucca Mountain from consideration. represented the 14th national cham- health care on the American people, we In 1982, the Nuclear Waste Policy Act pionship title for the University of Ala- voted to repeal it in the House. Instead made the Federal Government respon- bama. Since being founded in 1892, the of imposing costly and burdensome reg- sible for checking waste. Since that Crimson Tide football program has ulations on an already struggling busi- time, $9 billion and 20 years was spent achieved 813 victories in the NCAA Di- ness economy, we passed legislation to studying for a suitable location. That vision I and 26 conference champion- reverse overly burdensome regulations study ended in Yucca Mountain. ships. The Crimson Tide also sets an so businesses can get back to hiring NCAA record with 58 post-season bowl again. b 1010 appearances. The Tide leads the SEC These are the vows we made to our In 1987 Congress named Yucca Moun- West Division with seven division titles constituents when we took office a tain the sole candidate site for a per- and seven appearances in the SEC year ago. And despite hitting numerous manent repository, and then in ’94 DOE Championship Game. snags in the do-nothing Senate and published scientific results dem- This entire team deserves recogni- with leadership lacking in the White onstrating Yucca as capable of pro- tion and honor. I want to especially ac- House, we delivered on the promises. tecting public health and safety; in ’98, knowledge , who was In the past year, the House has the statutory deadline for DOE to com- a Heisman Trophy finalist and winner passed 27 job-creating measures as part mence disposal of spent nuclear fuel. of this year’s Nation’s Most Out- of our plan for American job creators. So we pay these nuclear utilities standing Running Back. I would also We have remained committed to re- money to hold their own waste that we like to acknowledge , moving the onerous taxes and regula- should be collecting based upon Fed- who was the 2011 win- tions that are crippling small business eral law. ner for the Nation’s best interior line- and our families and are the cause for In 2002 we voted here, and the Presi- man in college football. so much distrust of Washington. We dent and Congress approved Yucca as This championship team also in- have begun an honest conversation the site repository. DOE issued a li- cludes six players who were selected for about which programs are in alignment cense application in 2008, and then in the 2011 Associated Press All-America with our constitutional principles and 2009 President Obama announced plans Team: , Dont’a Hightower, which programs are wasteful and ineffi- to terminate Yucca Mountain after $15 Barrett Jones, Trent Richardson, cient. billion spent in studying this site. , and Dre Kirk- We have the responsibility to make And I’ll close with this: Would you patrick. This year’s team was truly a the Federal Government live within its rather have nuclear waste 14 miles force to be reckoned with. means, just like hardworking families from a major metropolitan area next to This win not only represents a vic- across the country. This means we a lake or would you rather have high- tory for the University of Alabama have to cut spending, stop raising level nuclear waste hundreds of miles football team, but it also is a unifying taxes, and eliminate wasteful spending from the major, largest city, 100 miles victory for the State of Alabama, who from our outdated, overreaching gov- from a river, underneath a mountain, suffered so much during the devasta- ernment programs. in the desert? tion of the April tornados. This victory When we took office last January, we Public policy, good public policy de- shows the resilient spirit of Alabam- vowed to reduce discretionary spending mands that we move forward on Yucca ians and reflects our hope for a better to 2008 levels, and we delivered. The Mountain. future. House passed a bill to reduce spending

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