FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 224-2353
February 21, 2023
Cotton Statement on Russia’s Withdrawing from Nuclear Arms Treaty
Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement after Russian President Vladimir Putin suspended the New Start nuclear arms treaty:
“Vladimir Putin announced today that Russia is killing
the New START nuclear-arms treaty after violating it with impunity for years.
President Biden never should have extended this treaty, which handcuffed the
United States while allowing Russia to cheat and China to expand its arsenal.
Russia’s actions underscore the urgent need for U.S. nuclear modernization to meet
the threat of our adversaries’ growing stockpiles.”
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