Dick Lugar: “I want to emphasize that as chairman of the committee, I will do everything in my power to leverage a bipartisan effort…”

Several members of Congress have already proposed legislation along these lines.

The President has to want to get back into the discussions. At this point, there is not evidence that that is the case.

Congress could condition funding to develop new missiles on receipt from the administration of a comprehensive military, economic, and diplomatic strategy to bring Russia back into compliance with the treaty.

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.