[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 118 (Monday, July 20, 2026)]
[House]
[Page H4636]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         COMMEMORATING 81ST ANNIVERSARY OF BOMBING OF HIROSHIMA

  (Mr. TAKANO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TAKANO. Mr. Speaker, I rise to commemorate the 81st anniversary 
of the bombing of Hiroshima.
  August 6, 81 years ago--which will happen in a couple of weeks--the 
first instance of a nuclear weapon being deployed against a civilian 
population occurred.
  My cousin, Kikue Takagi, survived the bombing because she was sick 
and stayed home instead of being at the city center at ground zero with 
her middle school classmates. The vast majority of her middle school 
classmates perished that morning. She is a ``hibakusha''; ``survivor'' 
of the atomic bombing.
  The U.S. and Russia had the New START Treaty which limited the number 
of nuclear warheads in both of their respective arsenals. This year the 
Trump administration allowed it to expire, dealing a major blow to arms 
control efforts. We must not allow negligence or indifference to lead 
to a disaster in the absence of diplomatic safeguards.
  Mr. Speaker, I call on Congress, the President, and all of us to 
return to leadership in reversing the arms control race.

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