A showdown with the House awaits this week, but Attorney General William Barr will first appear Wednesday before a Senate panel about his handling of the special counsel report released this month.
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Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto said Tuesday she struck a deal with Energy Secretary Rick Perry to remove a half metric ton of weapons-grade plutonium from the state starting in 2021, with assurances that no future shipments will come from South Carolina.
Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak sent a letter Tuesday underscoring the state’s opposition to nuclear waste storage to the chairman and ranking member of a Senate panel in advance of a hearing on reviving the licensing process needed to open Yucca Mountain.
A House panel is moving ahead with plans to grill Attorney General William Barr over his interpretation of the special counsel’s report on Russian meddling into the presidential election — even as the attorney general has threatened not to show for the hearing.
Nevada senators said Monday they plan to testify against the health risks and dangers of transporting and storing nuclear waste near Las Vegas when a Senate panel begins consideration of legislation to resume licensing on the Yucca Mountain repository this week.
Democrats will get their first crack at Attorney General William Barr since he released a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report after a years’ long investigation into Russian meddling during the presidential election and efforts to help President Donald Trump.
A Senate hearing will be held next week on a bill that would jump start licensing hearings on the Department of Energy’s application to build a permanent nuclear repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada.
Democrats Monday grappled with division in their ranks over the potential impeachment of President Trump, with House leaders urging rank and file lawmakers to move cautiously with committee review of the special counsel’s report.
President Donald Trump lashed out Friday at people in his inner circle who cooperated with special counsel Robert Mueller and detailed his attempts to obstruct the investigation.
Attorney General William Barr’s release of a redacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report was met with criticism by Democrats who demanded the special counsel testify before Congress.