Honorable James P. McGovern
United States Representative, Massachusetts, Democrat
Representative McGovern, of the Third District of Massachusetts, was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1996. He served as a Senior Aide to U.S. Representative Joe Moakley (MA-D) from 1981 to 1986. He is a member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. The following is from the House floor debate of October 29, 1997, on H.R. 1270, the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1997.Transporting hazardous waste is a dangerous business, and transporting nuclear waste is certainly the most dangerous business of all. That is why I rise in opposition to this legislation, which would seriously undermine our efforts…
