Zach Nunn: “I say that the Senator from New Mexico has been really a part of this overall effort from the very beginning. I remember…”

“I say that the Senator from New Mexico has been really a part of this overall effort from the very beginning. I remember very well when we had the original Nunn-Lugar amendment on the floor and the Senator from New Mexico came and spoke up very vigorously in favor of that, as did the Senator from Virginia. The Senator from Virginia has been very helpful in this legislation from the very beginning. So the Senator from New Mexico has made immense contributions here and in the DOE lab program, the many other programs that the Department of Energy is involved in. And primarily it is the work of the Senator from New Mexico. So we are very proud to be partners in this endeavor, and it is truly a bipartisan endeavor. Mr. President, as I said earlier, this training and equipping function is the heart of this amendment, but not the whole amendment. Other parts of the amendment are designed to beef up our customs capability to try to interdict the smuggling of weapons of mass destruction and their components into the United States, and to provide the latest detection technology to customs officials.”