[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 115 (Thursday, July 28, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H5675]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             SUSTAINING NUCLEAR DETERRENCE AFTER NEW START

  (Mr. LAMBORN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. LAMBORN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to discuss a critical 
component of America's national security, our nuclear deterrence. 
Yesterday, the House Armed Services Committee Strategic Forces 
Subcommittee held a hearing on sustaining nuclear deterrence after New 
START. This hearing made it absolutely clear that the nuclear policy 
provisions in the House fiscal year 2012 National Defense Authorization 
Act are critical to our nuclear deterrence strategy.
  The ink was barely dry on the New START Treaty, and the 
administration was already talking about deeper cuts. We need to slow 
down and wait for nuclear modernization to catch up to arms control. We 
must be wary of any further unilateral reductions of the U.S. nuclear 
deterrent, which is critical to America's defense and that of over 30 
of our allies. Congress has an obligation to scrutinize U.S. nuclear 
policy and force structure to ensure that we have a sustainable and 
effective deterrent, which is why the House NDAA nuclear policy 
provisions must become law.

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