[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 17, 2024)]
[House]
[Pages H153-H154]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       THREAT OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS

  (Mr. McGOVERN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  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.

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  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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