[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5523]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              THE START TREATY AND NUCLEAR POSTURE REVIEW

  (Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California. Mr. Speaker, I am here to 
recognize the new START treaty that was recently signed by President 
Obama and the Russian President and the recently released 2010 Nuclear 
Posture Review.
  I believe it is important to realize that the Cold War is over, and 
it is time to align our nuclear policy with the new generation of 
security threats. The biggest threat facing our country today is having 
nuclear materials fall into the hands of an organization called al 
Qaeda. History has shown that building our nuclear stockpile has not 
deterred al Qaeda and other actors from trying to gain nuclear 
capabilities.
  What we do need to do is to take smart steps to prevent the spread of 
nuclear weapons to those enemies and secure vulnerable nuclear 
materials from those who want to get their hands on that to do us harm. 
I believe the new START treaty and the 2010 Nuclear Posture Review are 
important steps in the right direction.
  It is also important to note that America still has a very robust 
nuclear arsenal, and that as we work towards a nuclear-free world we 
will not take any action that would put our security at risk. Our 
country will be more, not less secure from these new initiatives.

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