Dick Lugar: “Thus, there would not be the creation of the jobs nor the degree of energy independence or the other attributes.”

The reasons for Russia's violation are unclear. But I believe the violation was likely due to a number of factors...

Jettisoning treaties that provide a legal framework for exposing Russian violations achieves nothing.

Congress has the ability to press the administration on its strategy to prevent a new Euro-missile race and increased instability in the absence of the INF Treaty.

It seems to me to be really a safety net there.