Senate Proceeding 10-14-09 on Oct 14th, 2009 :: 2:08:00 to 2:11:30
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John Barrasso: the presiding officer: the senator from wming. a. a senator: i first commend the senator from delaware for his fine efforts over these many months to continue to call to the attention of america wonderful people who have committed their lives to make the lives of other americans better. this is one more example of both the senator's job of bringing

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Speech By: John Barrasso

2:08:16 to 2:08:36( Edit History Discussion )

John Barrasso: the news to all o also the story of a wonderful individual who has committed his life to improve our great nation. with that, madam chairman -- madam president, i would like to spend a moment changing the senators from north dakota and from utah for their hard work on this bill that we're currently considering. it represents a truly bipartisan

2:08:37 to 2:08:57( Edit History Discussion )

John Barrasso: effort. the energy investments in this bill will foster technological innovations and will harness the creativity and hard work of the american people. i believe it will help us move forward on clean coal technology. it will also promote energy efficiency and accelerate research intoenewable energy.

2:08:58 to 2:09:19( Edit History Discussion )

John Barrasso: i want to highlight one issue, if i could, in particular, and it deals with our domestic uranium production. the uranium industry provides good-paying jobs across the country and certainly good-paying jobs in wyoming. a strong uranium work force is essential to expanding american nuclear energy capacity.

2:09:20 to 2:09:43( Edit History Discussion )

John Barrasso: uranium production means american jobs and american energy. in august, the department of energy proposed transferring, transferring a significant amount of uranium to the united states enrichment corporation. the uranium transfer was designed and intended to pay for an environmental cleanup at a

2:09:44 to 2:10:04( Edit History Discussion )

John Barrasso: facility in portsmouth, ohio. this is a laudable goal, but unfortunately the department of energy's proposal would have serious unintended consequences. the proposed transfer wou flood the uranium market. it would artificially force down prices for uranium and create significant uncertainty in the marketplace.

2:10:05 to 2:10:26( Edit History Discussion )

John Barrasso: now, this -- this action would have a devastating impact on domestic uranium ming. it would cost plenty of jobs in my home state of wyoming, but also jobs all across the united states. it would undercut an integral part of america's energy portfolio. the department's plan, in my opinion, is shortsighted and lacks common sense.

2:10:27 to 2:10:47( Edit History Discussion )

John Barrasso: why create jobs in one stay killing jobs in another state? madam president, environmental cleanup can be accomplished without hurting jobs in wyoming and elsewhere. the conferees recognized the problems with the department of energy and the department of energy's proposal. the conference report directs

2:10:48 to 2:11:08( Edit History Discussion )

John Barrasso: the government accountability office to evaluate the department's magement of its excess uranium supplies. the bill incases funding for the portsmouth facility and the cleanup. so these steps provide the opportunity to address the necessary environmental cleanup issue without causing the

2:11:09 to 2:11:29( Edit History Discussion )

John Barrasso: collateral damage in other states. so i want to thank the senators from north dakota and utah for their work to address this problem. the department of energy should rethink its uranium transfer proposal. by working within the framework of the excess uranium management plan, the department can get maximum value for its uranium

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John Barrasso: and fund the cleanup at