[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 25 (Thursday, February 14, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E201]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           HONORING THE HIROSHIMA-NAGASAKI A-BOMB EXHIBITION

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                           HON. TAMMY BALDWIN

                              of wisconsin

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, February 14, 2008

  Ms. BALDWIN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Hiroshima-
Nagasaki A-bomb Exhibition at the Wisconsin Capitol rotunda. Because of 
the dedicated efforts of a coalition of Madison organizations, the 
Hiroshima-Nagasaki A-bomb Exhibition Committee, and the Hiroshima Peace 
Culture Foundation, this exhibition has made an incredibly important 
contribution toward educating Wisconsinites and our country about the 
devastation in Hiroshima and Nagasaki caused by nuclear weapons.
  I am heartened by the mission of these organizations to spread peace 
and international understanding and grateful to the citizens of Madison 
who helped bring this vital message to our Capitol. I further commend 
the Exhibition's goal to raise awareness about abolishing nuclear 
weapons. This is an issue that demands our close attention.
  I want to take this opportunity to reaffirm my support for 
nonproliferation strategies designed to eliminate weapons of mass 
destruction from U.S. and worldwide arsenals. I strongly support the 
Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), which sets 
forth objectives to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons 
technology and further the goal of achieving nuclear disarmament. I 
also believe we need to terminate efforts to enhance U.S. military 
capabilities of the U.S. nuclear arsenal.
  My thanks go out to the citizens and organizations of Wisconsin who 
have dared to imagine peace and help make it a reality.

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