Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, today is truly a historic day for U.S.-India relations. Chairman Hyde, who deserves all of the accolades that he received today, has worked very hard, and, together with Ranking Member Lantos, they have done extraordinary work to bring before us a conference report that will transform our relationship with India and bring reality to the process of nuclear nonproliferation. I congratulate them both for their tremendous efforts and for their tremendous and enormous achievement. Mr. Speaker, if you liked this bill in January, and you overwhelmingly did, then you are going to love this conference report. If you were worried about seeing the agreement before it was final, then you will love this conference report, because it gives Congress another chance to scrutinize and vote on approving the final deal. If you wanted the IAEA to be able to inspect India's nuclear facilities, then you are for this conference report, because two-thirds of all of India's nuclear facilities will now be under IAEA safeguards. It is a no-brainer. Without this, we get to inspect zero; with this, two-thirds of India's nuclear facilities. If you wanted India for the first time ever to commit to the MTCR guidelines, then you get that in this conference report. If you wanted India for the first time ever to adhere to the Nuclear Suppliers Group guidelines, you get that in this conference report.”