So have Representatives Nita M. Lowey and Eliot L. Engel, both of whom have advocated closing or decommissioning the plant.
But those who have advocated closing the plant said that it was disingenuous for Entergy to make that argument because a lack of electricity was not the direct cause of the blackout.
Expenses soared and a hiring spree took place even as fund-raising plunged; independent audits ceased; the salary for the president and chief executive rose by nearly 50 percent even as some of the school's officials warned that the institution might not survive and advocated closing it temporarily to restore financial order.
Donald Trump and others have advocated closing our borders to Muslims as a way of making sure no terrorists manage to get into the country.
While Kelley maintains that living a "stone's throw" from refineries raises the risk of health problems -- and a study from the University of Texas Medical Branch supports his argument -- he emphasized that he's never advocated closing down the community's refineries.
If you had said back in June that there would be a major presidential candidate who insulted Mexicans, women, the disabled, Jews, Seventh Day Adventists and more and advocated closing our borders to all Muslims, and that this person would be leading the polls for the Republican nomination, no one would have believed it.
By advocating an end to the unrestricted freedom of movement, you're not advocating closing the borders".
Just last month Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, who advocates closing the camp, told Congress that "we're stuck" in Guantánamo.
A spokeswoman for Representative Moran, who advocates closing Guantánamo, confirmed the account to Reuters, though the prison itself declined to comment.
Yet human rights groups who advocate closing Guantánamo have long held that Obama's plans are inadequate, not just in scheduling but in ambition.
