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Tom Feeney: “I do not rise in opposition to the amendment. I should say I have no objection to the amendment. I have read it very…”

On the recordJune 12, 2008
I do not rise in opposition to the amendment. I should say I have no objection to the amendment. I have read it very carefully, and I appreciate the language 'when appropriate.' Of course, it would be the United States that determined, in my view, when international confidence-building measures would be appropriate. I should say there are times when, for example, sharing sensitive technologies with certain countries may be inappropriate, if we don't have confidence what they may use those technologies for or what their long-term intentions are. On the other hand, there are things we ought to clearly explore sharing with every spacefaring Nation; for example, a common docking device with the Shuttle, perhaps, so any nation in the event of emergency may be able to help rescue our astronauts. I should also suggest, as I talked about earlier, that space is developing. It is no longer a bipolar world.
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Tom Feeney
Republican · Florida
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Discussing the implications of sharing technologies and international cooperation in space.

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