[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 100 (Wednesday, July 18, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H4118]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               U.S. NEEDS POLICIES TO END NUCLEAR WEAPONS

  (Mr. KUCINICH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, the news from the administration yesterday 
is that there is an intention to weaponize space, to deploy space-based 
missile defenses, which would be a clear violation of the 1972 ABM 
Treaty.
  In 1972, the Russians and the United States signed an agreement which 
provided for the cessation of the nuclear arms race and to take 
effective measures towards reductions in strategic arms, nuclear 
disarmament, and generally and complete disarmament. On May 26, 1972, 
the two great powers agreed we would get rid of nuclear weapons; yet in 
the last week we have had the administration have its first test of its 
missile shield, and now they are talking about the weaponization of 
space.
  We began our session today with a prayer, and the prayer should 
continue to be, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. And I do 
not think it is the will of the divine to end this world in a nuclear 
conflagration. We should work towards the elimination of all nuclear 
weapons, and we should work for an end to policies which cause this 
country to move towards the weaponization of space.

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