| Tribute To Nanette A. Nadeau |
May 17, 2012 |
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Mark Udall, D-CO
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"After having seen the world, the Nadeaus felt most at home in Colorado. Fort Carson was where Doug was stationed when they were married and they returned in 1987 for Doug’s last assignment, eventually deciding to settle in the Colorado Springs area. During her tenure as a legislative liaison, Nanette has prepared countless pages of testimony and led numerous congressional visits. She has orchestrated visits for my staff and me to military installations in the local community, including Peterson and Schriever Air Force Bases and Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station. A pinnacle moment for Nanette was being awarded the well-deserved honor of Civilian of the Year in "
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| Yucca Mountain |
May 17, 2012 |
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John Shimkus, R-IL
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"Yucca Mountain is 100 miles from the only body of water you can find in a desert, and that’s the Colorado River. That’s 100 miles away. How far is the nuclear waste at Cook? Well, you can see from the picture it is next to Lake Michigan. So in a comparison/contrast, it’s easy to see that Yucca would be a safer place to put high-level nuclear waste than Cook Generating Station in Michigan."
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| Resolutions Submitted Today |
May 16, 2012 |
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Mark Udall, D-CO
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"It is the 100th anniversary of the construction of the Rio Grande Reservoir, 90th anniversary of the Colorado River Compact of 1922, 75th anniversary of the creation of the Colorado Water Conservation Board, 75th anniversary of the creation of the Colorado River Water Conservation District, 75th anniversary of the creation of the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District and the Colorado-Big Thompson Project, 50th anniversary of the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, 10th anniversary of the Colorado Foundation for Water Education and 10th anniversary of the Lower Arkansas Valley Water Conservancy District."
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| Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Disposal Site |
May 8, 2012 |
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John Shimkus, R-IL
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"The waste at Perry would be 12 feet above the groundwater. At Yucca Mountain, it would be 1,000 feet above the water table. And at Perry, it is located on Lake Erie, 35 miles from Cleveland, where Yucca Mountain, the waste is 100 miles from the Colorado River and probably 100-or-so-odd miles from Las Vegas, Nevada."
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