Crawford will support establishing a comprehensive national nuclear waste policy.

Eric A. "Rick" Crawford · Arkansas · Republican

policy impact 0.77 specificity 0.92 extraction confidence 97%

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Evidence

"I support the establishment of a comprehensive national nuclear waste policy"

Campaign issue page states Crawford supported a comprehensive national nuclear waste policy to reduce uncertainty around spent nuclear fuel storage and safeguarding.

partial unknown

ENERGY – Affordable Fuel & Domestic Security – Rick Crawford for Congress
primary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 98%

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This bill amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to direct DOE to initiate a program to consolidate and temporarily store commercial spent nuclear fuel.

Congress.gov summary shows a concrete House bill in Crawford's later term that would have advanced a national nuclear waste framework, but it did not become law.

partial later_term A for effort

H.R.3053 - Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2018 | Congress.gov
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The House vote on consideration of H.R. 3053 shows Rep. Crawford voted Yea.

Official House roll call records Crawford voting in favor of the procedural step for the nuclear waste bill, indicating active support in office.

partial later_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives Roll Call 173
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Latest Action: Senate - 05/14/2018 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

The House-passed nuclear waste bill stalled in the Senate and never became law, so the policy Crawford said he supported was not actually established.

never later_term A for effort

H.R.3053 - Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2018 | Congress.gov
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 97%

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Assessments

partial later_term A for effort

Crawford clearly made and later acted on this promise: his 2010 campaign explicitly backed a comprehensive national nuclear waste policy, and in office he supported H.R. 3053 in 2018, a House-passed effort to update national nuclear waste policy. But the promised policy was not actually established, because the bill stalled in the Senate and there is no evidence Crawford authored or decisively drove a successful enactment. That supports partial credit for meaningful later-term support, not full delivery.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.4 · confidence 88%

never later_term A for effort

Crawford promised to support establishing a comprehensive national nuclear waste policy. In office, he later supported H.R. 3053, the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2018, including voting yea on a House procedural step for the bill. That was a concrete legislative effort aligned with the promise, but the bill only passed the House and stalled in the Senate; no comprehensive national nuclear waste policy was established. Because the promised outcome was not delivered despite a serious legislative attempt, this counts as never with an effort badge.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%