[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3607]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            NUCLEAR SECURITY

  (Mr. FOSTER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FOSTER. Mr. Speaker, as the only physicist remaining in the 
United States Congress, I feel a special responsibility to speak out on 
the importance of strengthening global nuclear security.
  In just a few days, the United States will host the fourth and final 
Nuclear Security Summit. World leaders from more than 50 countries will 
convene in Washington, D.C., to participate in a global dialogue to 
reinforce our commitment at the highest levels to securing nuclear 
materials. To date, these summits have been instrumental in achieving 
critical nuclear security objectives, such as minimizing the use of 
highly enriched uranium in reactors around the world, and enhancing 
membership in international organizations like the IAEA. But more 
remains to be done.
  It is no secret that rogue regimes and clandestine organizations 
continue to exhibit the ambition to acquire nuclear materials that can 
be used to create crude radiological dirty bombs or nuclear weapons.
  I am, however, optimistic that with our allies and partners around 
the world, we will continue to develop new and innovative ideas to 
secure vulnerable nuclear material and make the world a safer place.

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