On the recordDecember 13, 2011
We're rapidly moving from Iran sanctions to sanctioning the world here. I stand in support of nonproliferation. I think that this country should be leading the world towards nuclear abolition. Let us not forget that when the Soviet Union fell, there was one country that got rid of its nuclear weapons, Ukraine. {time} 2110 And Ukraine today, while there are political problems there, they still stand strong as a nation among nations for having taken that direction. We need to be encouraging all of the nations of the world to get rid of their nuclear weapons. But if we don't do that and we instead say: We will keep our nuclear weapons, and half a dozen other nations and more can keep their nuclear weapons, but you, you, you and you, you cannot have nuclear weapons, actually what we're doing is we're setting the stage for more proliferation. It is the inconsistent U.S. policy on nuclear proliferation that has actually brought us to this moment. So I have a great deal of sympathy for my colleagues who don't want to see more nuclear proliferation among certain nations, but I would ask them to join me in taking a stand for nuclear abolition among all nations. I reserve the balance of my time.
