Edward Markey actually said...

"If we lower it, that they can renegotiate and they can go lower."

"That is why it has been and should continue to be U.S. policy to limit the spread of enrichments and reprocessing around the world."

"We should just be humble here. Iraq, Iran, North Korea. We are now living with the consequences of not having a high standard internationally on the transfer of nuclear technologies."

"The UAE is the gold standard; Vietnam is not the gold standard."