we have resources on our website for background on each case, the and the landmark cases podcasts at c-span.org. announcer: now, a preview of some of the action expected on the house floor this week. >> give us a short condensed version of this issue that goes back many years, if not decades. what is the situation at yucca mountain? jeremy: this is as big as the problem of nuclear waste. congress had finally established

that yucca mountain would be the place where the nation's commercial waste would be. that was going along behind schedule. when the obama administration came in, they canceled the project because of harsh local opposition to it. 2010.talled it since with the new trump administration and republicans in power, people are seeing this as the renaissance for yet a mountain mountain, and of this bill presents a new strategy to do stuff that needs to be done so the regulatory commission can go forward. it also gets it to be bipartisan. an interim storage program, which was what the obama administration had recommended doing in place of

yucca mountain. ais approach does comprehensive nuclear waste strategy for the country, where it has been lacking for the past eight years. interviewer: the bill comes out of the energy and commerce committee with pretty overwhelming votes. come fromin that bill the house floor. his support likely to be as strong as it was in committee? jeremy: there is 81 thousand metric times of this nuclear waste spread across 35 states. you do not want that in your state no matter what party you are. the problem that nevada has with hosting this nuclear waste repository. nuclear waste will stay radioactive for thousands of years, probably longer than

current recorded human history. that is a problem for a lot of people. they want to get it out of their states. commercehe energy and committee on a 49-4 vote on this issue, pretty unheard-of since the house and senate has been divided for so long. to see such a strong vote come out of the committee will carry to see this nevada opposition, that's will get vocal next week. interviewer: this is from congresswoman titus. her words, not ours. why in the past has nevada's delegation been so strong in resisting these types of measures?

if it passes the house, where does it stand in the u.s. senate? jeremy: that is the problem. this problem got canceled in 2010 by the obama administration because of such strong, local opposition. this is something that former democratic leader senator harry reid made, one of his central tenets of time in the senate was his opposition to this site. weekre going to see next representative rosen, currently running against senator heller representing race, congresswoman titus. this is an issue that unites nevadans. it is not just party lines. this will pass the house, but it will run into the opposition and

senate, where senator heller is waiting. but the senate is potentially looking at doing some of their own management. lamar alexander and dianne feinstein have been talking with -- of appropriation cycle with the appropriation cycle, and it is a priority to them to get something going. that may take the turn of something more interim storage base, then interim storage at yucca mountain. do something,ld but this bill will likely have to go uphill to get past the senate. interviewer: we're speaking with lon, the energy and environment reporter with "cq roll call." announcer: congress returns

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