Richard Lugar actually said...

"I appreciate your comments specifically about the importance of ratifying this treaty and the basis that we have, therefore, for carefully considering, with or without Russia, nonproliferation efforts..."

"We, the undersigned, Republican and Democrats, support the New START Treaty because we believe that it, first, enhances stability, transparency, and predictability between the world's two largest nucl..."

"to the extent that we have an opportunity to talk about the tactical weapons with the Russians, this is going to require another set of negotiations."

"I can assure you, if we had not had any hearings, ... that it wouldn't have been defeated."