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Threat of Nuclear Weapons

Floor Speech

Date: Jan. 17, 2024
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, the world has not been in such an unstable nuclear situation since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.

The web of nuclear arms control agreements is being dismantled and weakened. Russia and North Korea constantly threaten to use nuclear weapons. Iran is increasing its capacity to build a nuclear weapon, and the nuclear powers, including in the United States, plan to modernize and increase their nuclear arsenals.

This should scare every single Member of this House. Ninety-three nations have signed the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which entered into force 3 years ago on January 22, 2021. In my opinion, it is disappointing that the United States has not yet signed. The world is calling on us to end the threat of nuclear war, not enable it.

Mr. Speaker, we need to reverse direction, get back to the negotiating table, and move toward agreements to end the threat of nuclear weapons once and for all.

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