Byron Dorgan: “my amendment, in light of the underlying bill brought to the floor of the Senate, would express that we would continue…”

“my amendment, in light of the underlying bill brought to the floor of the Senate, would express that we would continue to support the implementation of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1172. The reason that is important is it had been the policy of this country to not only author but to support that resolution after India and Pakistan exploded their nuclear weapons. It calls on them to immediately stop their nuclear weapons development programs, refrain from weaponization or deployment of nuclear weapons, cease the development of ballistic missiles, and so on. That has been a very important tenet of this country in supporting that United Nations Resolution 1172. Despite what we are doing in the underlying bill, I would hope this country and this Senate would express our support for that which we drafted and that which we encouraged the rest of the world to support some while ago.”