Jon Kyl said "Without any involvement by Congress or without any report. Under our amendment, Congress has the ability to say no, and the President would have to continue to submit a report to us and he would have to report to us on the necessity for an underground nuclear test. The requirement for the test would have to be based upon a stockpile stewardship issue--safety and reliability--rather than the mere fact that another nation decided to test, which obviously has no relationship to our stockpile." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJune 26, 1996

Without any involvement by Congress or without any report. Under our amendment, Congress has the ability to say no, and the President would have to continue to submit a report to us and he would have to report to us on the necessity for an underground nuclear test. The requirement for the test would have to be based upon a stockpile stewardship issue--safety and reliability--rather than the mere fact that another nation decided to test, which obviously has no relationship to our stockpile.

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Jon Kyl

Republican · Arizona

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing congressional oversight on nuclear testing during a debate.

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