[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13559]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             STOPPING PRESIDENT FROM CIRCUMVENTING CONGRESS

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, last week, I was grateful 
to join Senator Tom Cotton from Arkansas to introduce a bill which 
would stop the President from circumventing Congress by signing the 
U.S. onto the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty without the 
required Senate approval.
  This legislation is clear. Matters related to nuclear deterrence and 
national security should be the job of Congress and not an 
unaccountable, international body. Nuclear deterrence is the basis for 
preserving peace through strength to protect American families. That is 
why the legislation pledged to defund the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty 
Organization Preparatory Commission if the President relinquished 
sovereignty over testing of nuclear weapons, putting American families 
at risk of attack.
  Just days after introducing the legislation, the U.N. Security 
Council approved a meaningless resolution that merely encourages all 
nations to sign the ban on nuclear testing weapons around the world. 
This bill reinforces the Senate's constitutional authority to approve 
all international treaties.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and may the President, by his 
actions, never forget September the 11th in the global war on 
terrorism.

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