As posted at U.S. Senator Dean Heller's (Republican-Nevada) website:
U.S. Senator Dean Heller (R-NV) released the below statement following a vote from the U.S. House of Representatives to advance a federal spending package containing the House Energy and Water Appropriations Bill, which includes funding to re-license the Yucca Mountain nuclear repository.
“While I am encouraged by actions in the U.S. Senate to fight the re-licensing of Yucca Mountain, the House of Representatives has charged forward with funding to revive Yucca Mountain,” said Heller. “I will continue to lead the Nevada delegation to fight the House's determined efforts to make this failed project a reality and reiterate to my colleagues and the administration that Yucca Mountain is dead."
Recently, the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee advanced the Senate’s Energy and Water Appropriations bill, which excluded funding for Yucca Mountain. Heller previously submitted testimony to the Senate Energy & Water Appropriations Subcommittee reiterating his staunch opposition to the Yucca Mountain nuclear repository.