[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 139 (Thursday, October 14, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H10037]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             BAN ON NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION MAKES GOOD SENSE

  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the American people were 
hoping that good sense and good judgment would prevail, that all of us 
recognize that in this time of peace with our allies begging for 
consensus and collaboration that we would have accepted and responded 
to the requests for a ban on nuclear proliferation; but unfortunately 
in the quagmire of partisan politics and the insult and the back drop 
of allegations and accusations about old stories of impeachment, we 
fell before the cause and failed to take up what most Americans realize 
is good sense, the ban on nuclear proliferation. We only have to look 
to Japan and see the recent accident tragically where there was 
exposure to radiation and nuclear activity.

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  We see how damaging it can be, when our allies write letters and 
plead for our consensus and collaboration and we laugh in their face. 
What an insult, not to our allies, but to us. Shame on us, shame on 
America. When are we going to understand that partisan politics has to 
be put aside for the good of the world.

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