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 fed

which would jump-start this vital effort to move yucca mountain -- the yucca mountain plan forward. i'm very amendments act of 2018. which would jump-start this vital effort to move yucca mountain -- the yucca mountain plan forward. i'm very proud to speak in favor of this rule and i urge all of my colleagues to support h.r. 879 amendments act of 2018. which and the underlying legislation to provide relief and a long-term plan for communities like those in my district and those in the state of mr. hastings' florida. and the rest of our distraketstricts around the nation. mr. speaker -- districts around the

work as nevada's senior senator and my bipartisan work with the former senate majority leader, yucca mountain remains dead -- and i repeat, it's as simple as that. but despite yucca's clear and unquestionable death long ago, some of our friends on the other side of the capitol continue to waste their time attempting to bring back life to this ill-conceived and fiscally irresponsible plan. their efforts keep alive a long-standing fight over states' rights, and distracts us from the real task at hand which is finding a viable, long-term nuclear west storage solution that meets the needs of all americans. i'll be the first person to recognize the important role nuclear power plays in a stable and secure all-the-above energy strategy and with nuclear energy comes the need to properly store spent nuclear fuel. but i firmly believe that our nation cannot progress towards achieving viable and sustainable storage solutions for spent nuclear fuel and defense high-level waste without further abandoning yucca mountain. i'm not saying that we shouldn't come to the table to discuss our nation's nuclear wa

which would jump-start this vital effort to move yucca mountain -- the yucca mountain plan forward. i'm very amendments act of 2018. which would jump-start this vital effort to move yucca mountain -- the yucca mountain plan forward. i'm very proud to speak in favor of this rule and i urge all of my colleagues to support h.r. 879 amendments act of 2018. which and the underlying legislation to provide relief and a long-term plan for communities like those in my district and those in the state of mr. hastings' florida. and the rest of our distraketstricts around the nation. mr. speaker -- districts around the earlier, members debated in bills that reconciles justice department standers for and i trust chase -- cases. and a measure that would require state or local governments receiving state department grant to use the funds for pretrial service programs. when members gavel back in thursday. c-span's "washington journal" with impact -- issues that impact you. florida congressman ted yoho will discuss the talk with north korea. will join us to talk about the role in the presidential ele

was -- had the fortune of being able to join a bipartisan congressional tour of yucca, of the yucca mountain site to see firsthand what we were talking about. you know, under the law, yucca is the nation's permanent nuclear repository. so what i saw deep beneath the mountain in a remote desert that's between i think 90 and 100 miles north of las vegas, it's been referred to as the most studied site on earth. but imagine this, being inside a five mile-long tunnel with 1,000 feet of rock above your head and 1,000 feet of rock below your feet, that's what we're talking about. the federal government has spent $15 billion, over decades, preparing the site as the nation's sole permanent nuclear repository. yucca has been deemed safe by the nuclear regulatory commission, the n.r.c. a recent safety evaluation found that the site could safely isolate spent nuclear fuel for a million years. mr. speaker, the prospect that yucca could stand in

congress and the president approved yucca mountain over 15 years ago. the nuclear regulatory commission concluded it can safely store spent fuel for a million years. in illinois alone, ratepayers have contributed over $3 billion to the nuclear waste fund. illinois houses more spent fuel than any state. today is about following through on our commitments. we must reassure communities like la salle and byron who put their trust in the government that they can continue to make clean, reliable nuclear power as well as have a safe place to store it. i want to thank my friend and illinois colleague, john shimkus, for being a tireless advocate for making good on this commitment. and, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new york. mr. tonko: thank you, mr. speaker. i now yield two minutes of time to the gentleman from connecticut, a good friend, mr. courtney. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. courtney: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise in strong support of the nuclear waste

this bill, including myself, have not passed judgment on the merits or final disposition of the yucca mountain project. that is why members of the minority demanded a number of troubling nevada-related provisions be removed from the bill during the committee process. this bill will not rubber stamp the yucca permitting application. the nuclear regulatory commission will still need to adjudicate the many remaining issues with the application and it will need appropriations in order to do so. i know we will hear about the challenges of transporting spent fuel to a final repository, but the reality is nuclear material is already moved around our country today without incident due to strict safety requirements. the only alternative to not moving this waste is keeping it spread out in 121 locations for tens of thousands of years. overall, this bill is a step in the right direction toward beginning to address our nation's very difficult nuclear waste issues, which is why it was reported out of committee by a vote of 49-4. with that i urge my colleagues to support the measure, the bill, and i reserve

that may take the turn of something interim storage space than storage at yucca mountain. there is some hope that the senate could do something. this current bill is likely going to have to go uphill to get past the senate. >> we have been speaking with jeremy dillon, who is energy and environmental reporter with cq roll call. you can follow them online and on twitter. thank you so much for the update. jeremy: thanks for having me. washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up sunday morning, former cia senior intelligence offer -- officer, alex bolin, talking about gina haskell's nomination for cia director. and a documenter -- documentary maker discuss the the now more's impact on the homefront as part of c-span's 1968 america m turmoil series. be sure to watch c-span "washington journal life sunday morning and join the discussion. clevelandlive in where president trump is about to hold a roundtable discussion on the tax reform bill passed last your by congress. the president stop in ohio comes three days before ohio's primarie

which would jump-start this vital effort to move yucca mountain -- the yucca mountain plan forward. i'm very amendments act of 2018. which would jump-start this vital effort to move yucca mountain -- the yucca mountain plan forward. i'm very proud to speak in favor of this rule and i urge all of my colleagues to support h.r. 879 amendments act of 2018. which and the underlying legislation to provide relief and a long-term plan for communities like those in my district and those in the state of mr. hastings' florida. and the rest of our distraketstricts around the nation. mr. speaker -- districts around the nation. mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time, and move the previous question on the resolution. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the question is on organized the previous question on the resolution. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. mr. hastings: mr. speaker, i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays

what exactly is yucca mountain? one of these congressional policy battles that keeps going and going. the actors may change, but the same issues keep going on over and over again. in 1982, the u.s. government decided what their strategy would be. it would be in a geological repository. it went through a licensing process. it's that all the ground rules, basically. in 1987, they admitted that law and designated yucca mountain, a site about 100 miles northwest of las vegas, as the site where the nation's commercial nuclear waste would be buried. that kicked off a decades-long fight, especially with the people in nevada, who oppose it for safety reasons, for political reasons. that eventually led to the decision by the obama administration in 2010 to cancel the project after the u.s. government has spent about $15 billion. after that decision, the obama administration decided to go , buta storage strategy congress never appropriated money for that, so we have actually been at a standstill right now where house republic

this bill, including myself, have not passed judgment on the merits or final disposition of the yucca mountain project. that is why members of the minority demanded a number of troubling nevada-related provisions be removed from the bill during the committee process. this bill will not rubber stamp the yucca permitting application. the nuclear regulatory commission will still need to adjudicate the many remaining issues with the application and it will need appropriations in order to do so. i know we will hear about the challenges of transporting spent fuel to a final repository, but the reality is nuclear material is already moved around our country today without incident due to strict safety requirements. the only alternative to not moving this waste is keeping it spread out in 121 locations for tens of thousands of years. overall, this bill is a step in the right direction toward beginning to address our nation's very difficult nuclear waste issues, which is why it was reported out of committee by a vote of 49-4. with that i urge my colleagues to support the measure, the bill, and i reserve

at yucca mountain in nevada. that wraps up work for the week. although they will be meeting briefly tomorrow in a pro forma session. both the democratic leader and the house speaker briefed reporters today. representive pelosi went first. we'll follow her remarks with speaker ryan's news conference. ms. pelosi: here they come.

and a look at congressional efforts to open the yucca mountain nuclear storage waste site. our guest is jeremy dylan. ♪ with thesident trump, health and human services secretary, yesterday and the rose garden he laid out his broad principles and initiatives at lowering drug prices, calling it "the most sweeping action in history." welcome to "washington journal." will it be enough? should the federal government do more to lower prescription drug prices? here is how to join us this morning with the conversation. (202) 748-8000 is the number to call if you live in the eastern and central tion

what is the situation in the yucca mountains? jeremy: this is a big bill's tackling nuclear waste. in the 1980's, it was established that yucca mountain would be the place with the nation's commercial nuclear waste would be.

offices and work on a bill advancing the federal approval process to store nuclear waste in the yucca mountains in nevada and a resolution to over to a auto financing role. and now to coverage of the u.s. house on c-span. . the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. may 7, 2018. i hereby appoint i hereby appoint the honorable mac thornberry to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 8, 2018, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties, and in no event shall debate continue beyond 1:50 p.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia, mr. b ey

to advance the federal approval process to build a permanent nuclear waste storage facility at yucca mountain in nevada. that passed eventually on a bipartisan vote, 340-72. but here's the floor debate that led up to that. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that

it seems that most members of congress who are intent in storing radio active waste at yucca mountain are not aware of the potential threat to the national security. yucca mountain is located on the national nevada security site and adjacent to the test and training range in nevada. nevada test and training range is the largest air and ground military training space in the continuous united states. it's home to 75% of all state side air force live munitions. so i want to ask everyone here do you think it's safe to have our nation's nuclear waste stored right next door to our country's munitions supply? not to mention, getting the radio active waste to yucca mountain requires taking it across the training range. my amendment request report from dodd and d.o.e. that will fully -- national security sites in nevada. thank you. i yield back my time. >> further discussion on this package? if know the question occurs on package four. those oppose say no. the ayes have it and the amendments are adopted. we're now going to proceed to vote on those amendments where a roll call vote was ordered.

discusseseremy dylan yucca mountain and the issue of waste storage.be sure to watch sunday morning. join the discussion. sunday night, jerome corsi talks about his book killing the deep state. he is interviewed by an investigative journalist. >> i heard some of these phrases . i did not attach a lot of meeting until may be more recently. maybe can define in your view, that the state, the shadow government. this long. the same thing or would you differentiate? state, other may call them the shadow government because they are affecting their own bureaucratic wishes. electing donald trump, for instance. donald trump has termed it the swamp. washington was at one point a swamp. the creatures coming out of the swamp are biting and fighting back. >> watch on book tv. >> at the white house, president d health andld in he human services secretary in

. >> we will bring you the debate on yucca mountain nuclear waste storage when the house returns next week. they will also review a consumerl financial role on auto financing. watch live coverage of the house on c-span, and the senate on c-span2. >> monday morning, we are in lincoln, nebraska for the next stop on the c-span bus 50 capitals tour. nebraska governor pete ricketts will be our guest on the bus during washington journal starting at 9:45 a.m. eastern. >> president trump spoke at this year's nra convention taking place in dallas, texas. his speech addressed several topics including north korea, and border security, the economy and the 2016 election. this is just under one hour. >> [applause] president trump: thank you. thank you. thank you very much. i love you, folks. >> [chanting, "usa."] trump: it is a great honor to be here. these are real patriots. they really are. i want to thank wayne lopp here. my friend, our great vice president, mike pence. i also want to recognize our great texas leaders. we love texas. do we love texas? abbott, my friend. where is greg? governor a

at yucca mountain in nevada. that wraps up work for the week. although they will be meeting briefly tomorrow in a pro forma session. both the democratic leader and the house speaker briefed reporters today. representive pelosi went first. we'll follow her remarks with speaker ryan's news conference. s. pelosi: here they come. here we are. good morning, everyone. i'm very privileged to be here with a distinguished gripe of democratic members -- group of democratic members. thanks to members engel, waters and schiff for their outstanding leadership on their committees of jurisdiction and their fierce commitment to defending america's national security in the region and around the world. thanks also to representative david price, doggett, schakowsky, connolly, welch, lee and yarmuth for joining us. and for your strong leadership, all of you, in congress, that you defend the iran nuclear agreement. i carried in this book, because i display it with great pride in my office and show it to people who come by. this is the democratic members' statements

takes up legislation next week to advance the federal approval process to store nuclear waste in yucca mountain in nevada. also a resolution to overturn auto rule that was put in place by the protection bureau. senate continues debate on u.s. court of appeals nominations. lawmakers so far have confirmed 15 of the president's circuit court nominees. you can watch the house live on c-span and senate live on c-span2. and join us wednesday when president trump's pick to head the cia again a haskell testifies before the committee as senators consider her nomination. our live coverage begins 9:30 eastern on c-span3. >> for nearly 20 years, in-depth on book tv has featured nations nonfiction writers for live conversations about their books. this year as a special project featuring best selling fiction writers for program in-depth fiction edition. join us live sunday noon eastern with tliler fiction david baldacci, the fallen, plus over 30 novels. written six novels for younger readers which include the finisher, concern, and width of the world. during the programs we'll be taking your phone calls, twe

bill that would revise the licensing office on the department of energy's application to open yucca mountainmove forward to develop the site as a permanent depository for nuclear waste. 72 touse voted 340 to approve the act written by john shimkus of illinois, who put the licensing process for yucca mountain back on track after the obama admin version cut funding in 2011. harry reid, the democratic leader in the senate for democrats was in the senate, he -- a vocal opponent of opening of yucca mountain. mark in washington, d.c., and independent. caller: i was just looking at the numbers of how much money people are making nowadays on people makeline eight hours $50 our work a 60 hour week and she has four people in his family counties making $25,000. these people and of taking food stamps and support, there's definitely a reason make eight hours $50 our work a 60 hour -- there's no reason for anybody to make $12 an hour. people want cuts everywhere and they are happy with the tax cuts but the people in the bottom in our country, the government has a responsibility to take care of them. havin

command later work on a bill advancing the federal approval process to store nuclear waste in yucca mountain in nevada. they will work to overturn the consumer financial protection bureau's auto financing role. the senate will continue today on court of appeals nominations. lawmakers have confirmed 13 circuit-court nominees so far. see the house live on c-span and the senate when they come back on our companion network c-span2. a look at our live programming. becoming a become a look at elections security and the 20 18th michelman actions and what is being done to prevent foreign interference. live coverage from the american constitution society gets underway at 12:30 eastern on c-span2. later, a foreign on combat human trafficking hosted by the commission on security and cooperation in europe. that is live at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3 and also online at cspan.org and with the free c-span radio at. this week on "the communicators," house majority leader kevin mccarthy and minority leader steny hoyer talk about the congressional hack-a- thon seminar. >> it isn't and what it would take a st

. > that yucca mountain bill passed the house, and senator heller came to the senate floor to talk about the bill. he said, this bill which is a complete and total waste of taxpayer dollars is dead on arrival in the taxpayer senate. a hold on ll i place the bill, i will object toyota. and majority leader kevin mccarthy and minority whip steny hoyer came out to talk about next yeek' ageneral dafment revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. -- mcyart mr. mccarthy: no votes are expected in the house on monday. votes will be postponed until 6:30 p.m. on tuesday. on wednesday and thursday the house will meet at 10:00 a.m. for morning hour and noon for legislative business. mr. speaker, on -- mr. friday, the house will meet at 9:00 a.m. for legislative business. last votes of the week are expected no later than 3:00 p.m. mr. speaker, the house will consider a number of suspensions next week, a complete list of which will be announced by cless of business -- close of business tomorrow. next week is national police week. so several built will focus on supporting

house includes politically to advance the federal approval process, to store nuclear waste in yucca mountain located in nevada. take up a resolution to overturn a consumer financial protection bureau auto financing rule under the congressional review act. the senate is back to consider several u.s. court of appeals summit nations throughout the week. you can watch the house live on c-span,

house includes legislation to advance the federal approval process to store nuclear waste in yucca mountains, located in nevada. members will also take up a resolution to overturn a consumer financial protection bureau auto financing role under the congressional will act. -- congressional act. the court of appeals nominations throughout the week. you can watch the house live on c-span and the senate on c-span two. for more information on the week ah

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what is the situation at yucca mountain?

what is the situation at yucca mountain? jeremy: this is as big as the problem of nuclear waste. congress had

day, rather, with consideration, beginning consideration on the storage of nuclear waste at the yucca mountain site in nevada. also, later today, a couple of bills. one dealing with

house will take up legislation to speed up the process for nuclear waste storage at yucca mountain in nevada, and an hearing to turn over a rule on auto loans. the senate is confirmed 15 of president trump ruffle's circuit court knock nyes and when congress back in session next week you can see the house live on c-span, and the senate live here on c-span 2. >> now a conversation from the brookings institution on the trump presidency, political porlarization and the rise of populism. we'll larry from journalists, academies and former official width the clinton administration. [inaudible discussion] >> good afternoon, everyone. good afternoon, everyone. and welcome to brookings. we have a quite extraordinary panel and discussion for you today. we are cosponsoring this event. we have brightline watch, which you'll hear about in a moment so this is a partnership between brookings and brightline watch, and we are here today to ask an extraordinary question, when we think about the questions that have come up after other presidential elections. can't remember a presidential election when a

house next week will take up legislation to speed up the process for nuclear waste storage at yucca mountain in nevada. a resolution to overturn the the consumer financial protection bureau on auto loans. senate continues debate on appeals court judges. senate confirmed 15 of president trump's circuit court nominees. when the congress is back in session next week, see the house live on companion network, c-span and the senate live here on c-span2. >>> monday on landmark cases a case on capital punishment, gregg v. georgia. in 1976, troy leon greg, a convicted armed robber and murder, challenged his death sentence. his case and four other capital cases were considered by supreme court. the supreme court ruled against him, but established stricter guidelines for states wishing to oppose the death penalty. our guest to discuss the landmark case, carol steiger, a professor at harvard law school. she has argued against the death penalty in a number of cases before the court. she was also a former clerk of supreme court justice thurgood marshall. kent shidiger, criminal director of the legal justi

yucca mountain is located right on the nevada national security to the it's adjacent nevada test and training range. he nevada test and training range is the largest training space in the contiguous united to 75% of it's home all state side air force live munitions. want to ask everyone here, have think it's safe to our nation's nuclear waste stored right next door to our supply?'s munition not to mention that getting the radioactive waste there would it across nsferring the mountain range which the air force secretary herself said testing and training. my amendment request for dod and detail the impact that the yacca project will have nevada.rity sites in time. you, i yield back my >> further discussion on this block package? if not, the question occurs on package number four. those in favor say aye. aye. > the ayes have it and the amendments are adopted. >> we're now going to proceed to vote on those amendments where a roll-call vote was ordered. regarding command and control in the pacific. ussell 323 regarding financial institutions on bases, russell machine guns and use leran --

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takes up legislation next week to advance the federal approval process to store nuclear waste in yucca mountain in nevada. also, a resolution to overturn an auto financing rule that was put in place by the consumer financial protection bureau. the senate continues debate on u.s. court of appeals nominations. lawmakers so far have confirmed 15 of the president's circuit court nominees. you can watch the house live on c-span and the senate live on c-span2. and join us wednesday when president trump's pick to head the cia, gina haspel, testifies before the senate intelligence committee as senators consider her nomination. our live coverage begins at 9:30 a.m. eastern wednesday here on c-span3. >>> this weekend, c-span's cities tour takes you to tyler, texas. we'll explore tyler's literary scene and history. saturday at 12:p.m. eastern on book tv. >> everything he did in the senate was in a problem-solving mode. how do we fix this particular thing for texans? how do we make this better? and so he did that without ideology getting in the way. he did that without partisanship getting in the way. so t

. >> wednesday, the house debated yucca that would make the mountain a nuclear storage waste. here is the debate. on tuesday, the rules committee met and reported a resolution 879, four an important piece of legislation. cy amendments act of 2018. the rule provides for consideration of this measure under a structured rule, making three amendments offered by the minority in order. this legislation passed out of the energy and commerce committee on an overwhelmingly bipartisan basis by a vote of 49-4. and has been a comprehensive effort spearheaded by my colleague from

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which would jump-start this vital effort to move yucca mountain -- the yucca mountain plan forward. i'm very amendments act of 2018. which would jump-start this vital effort to move yucca mountain -- the yucca mountain plan forward. i'm very proud to speak in favor of this rule and i urge all of my colleagues to support h.r. 879 amendments act of 2018. which and the underlying legislation to provide relief and a long-term plan for communities like those in my district and those in the state of mr. hastings' florida. and the rest of our distraketstricts around the nation. mr. speaker -- districts around the congress had0's finally come up with a comprehensive strategy to do dedicatedn 1987 they yucca mountain. they did that against the opposition of the state of nevada and to overcome that there is a series of laws that were enacted to make sure that the project would move forward. nevada has opposed it the entire way. in 2010 the opposition led to the obama administration abandoning the project. that has angered a bunch of amount and supporters. the way to kind of jumpstart that aft

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that may take the turn of something interim storage space than storage at yucca mountain. there is some hope that the senate could do something. this current bill is likely going to have to go uphill to get past the senate. >> we have been speaking with jeremy dillon, who is energy and environmental reporter with cq roll call. you can follow him online and on twitter. thank you so much for the update. jeremy: thanks for having me. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. and today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c., and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. , a discussion with dr. priscilla chan, wife of facebook ceo mark seller book, on the initiative. this event, hosted by the george w. bush center for series -- leadership begins with about 15 minutes of remarks of education. the ceo of new schools for chicago, and the 2015 presidential l

work as nevada's senior senator and my bipartisan work with the former senate majority leader, yucca mountain remains dead -- and i repeat, it's as simple as that. but despite yucca's clear and unquestionable death long ago, some of our friends on the other side of the capitol continue to waste their time attempting to bring back life to this ill-conceived and fiscally irresponsible plan. their efforts keep alive a long-standing fight over states' rights, and distracts us from the real task at hand which is finding a viable, long-term nuclear west storage solution that meets the needs of all americans. i'll be the first person to recognize the important role nuclear power plays in a stable and secure all-the-above energy strategy and with nuclear energy comes the need to properly store spent nuclear fuel. but i firmly believe that our nation cannot progress towards achieving viable and sustainable storage solutions for spent nuclear fuel and defense high-level waste without further abandoning yucca mountain. i'm not saying that we shouldn't come to the table to discuss our nation's nuclear wa

tell us about the one that didn't make the cut and what we'll hear debated on the yucca mountain bill. >> this bill is bipartisan. and it will get a good bipartisan vote. but you won't see any from nevada. because nevada is so opposed to this site. they offered a bunch of amendments to soften the blow i guess if you would say. one was from representative rones. she was looking to get -- rosen. she was looking to get a cost estimate of what potential uses for the site were. some of the other ones were looking to make sure safety was involved. it's a lot of studies to delay he implementation of the bill. obviously with nevada being against the site, that would scuttle the yucca mountain project and cause the government to have to find a new place to store the nuclear waste. >> the headline at rollcall.com is bipartisan support for yucca mountain nuclear waste bill, except in nevada. you write that back in 1987, freshman senator, then freshman senator harry reid called it the screw nevada bill. dina titus on the floor of the house calling this, pardon the expression, screw nevada 2.0. is

congress established yucca mountain would be the place for nuclear waste. when the obama administration came in, they decided to cancel the project because of harsh local opposition. it since aboutd 2010. with the new trump administration and republicans in power, people are seeing this as the renaissance for yucca mountain. i'd kind of presents a new strategy to get this going. doing some of the stuff that needs to be done. so the application can go forward. it does stuff that gets it to be bipartisan. this is a two-step approach that gets everyone on board, does a comprehensive nuclear waste reggie for the country where it has been lacking. >> the bill comes out of the energy and commerce committee. ofnsored by john shimkus illinois. overwhelming vote. you detailed some of the items in the bill. support, likely to be a strong as an committee? >> it is. there is 81,000 metric tons of this commercial and nuclear waste. you don't want that in your state. which is part of the problem. this nuclearsting waste repository. the nuclear waste has long half-life, m

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 c

what is the situation at yucca mountain? going a long behind schedule a little bit for the next couple of years. when the obama administration came into power, they decided to cancel the project because of harsh local opposition to it. aboutas stalled it since 2010. with the new trump administration and republicans in power in the house and senate, people are saying this as a renaissance of four yucca mountain. would do.at this bill it presents a new strategy to get this going again. doing what needs to be done so the application currently pending can go forward. it also does some stuff that gets it to be bipartisan. it authorizes an interim storage program which was led by the obama administration. two-step approach that gets everyone on board and does a comprehensive nuclear waste strategy for the country which has been lacking for the last eight years. >> the bill comes out of the energy and commerce committee sponsored by john shimkus of illinois. passing the committee with a pretty overwhelming vote. you detailed some o

and jeremy in yucca mountain, live at seven eastern. join the discussion. >> testimony from commerce secretary wilbur ross on the budget request for his department. he spoke about the census, rural access to high speed broad band. this senate appropriation subcommittee hearing is two