Liz Saville Roberts: “I thought now would be an appropriate time to urge my colleagues to oppose the China nonproliferation act--that is how…”

“I thought now would be an appropriate time to urge my colleagues to oppose the China nonproliferation act--that is how the act is described--offered as an amendment to the legislation. But, again, I want to point out to my good friend and distinguished colleague from Tennessee that as a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and as chairman of the Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, I speak with at least some understanding on this very serious subject of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. The fact is the distinguished majority leader has appointed Senator Bob Bennett to be on the task force, as well as Senator Thompson, myself, Senator Kyl, and Senator Gregg on this very issue. More especially, in regard to the threat of terrorism, which is a very serious threat, among its many duties the Emerging Threat Subcommittee is responsible for congressional oversight of programs called the Nunn-Lugar cooperative threat reduction programs.”