Political Quotes

“Let's be clear. It has been misstated that if this amendment doesn't pass that we would leave nuclear weapons at the Cold War level. Our nuclear weapons have already been reduced by 90 percent since the peak of the Cold War and 75 percent since the end of the Cold War. Ronald Reagan never said that the United States should disarm itself at its disadvantage. He saw a world where no one would have nuclear weapons, not that we would place ourselves at a disadvantage. I certainly believe that, as Ronald Reagan would look around the world today, he would have never foreseen a nuclear-capable North Korea, and he certainly wouldn't have seen the world watch as Iran marches to become a nuclear state. This amendment actually would take money from programs that are important, but it would put money toward something that is just not ready. We know we're not ready for New START treaty implementation, and we also know that we are certainly not going to be in breach. This is not an issue of our walking away from a treaty obligation. This is not at all an issue of saying that Russia should not reduce their nuclear weapons. In fact, we believe that Russia ought to further reduce especially their tactical nuclear weapons, the overwhelming thousands that they have pointed at Europe that are in greater numbers than Europe or the United States would ever imagine. We believe that we should stand up to the treaty obligations.…”