"Two years ago, the Congress debated and passed a set of common-sense conditions to govern any nuclear trade agreement with India. Today's nuclear deal ignores those conditions and fails to meet even the minimal nonproliferation conditions Congress required. Unbelievably, if India tests a new nuclear weapon, the deal does not cut off their supply and even commits the U.S. to helping them find alternative sources of nuclear fuel! 

"Simply put, this nuclear deal as written poses unacceptable risks to U.S. national security and does great damage to the international nuclear nonproliferation regime. President Bush, desperate to boost his legacy, is rushing this vote in an attempt to side-step the necessary Congressional review and oversight required by the law, but if the deal passes as is, the legacy left by this agreement will be one of blatant disregard for global security.  It will be a tainted legacy that we'll all have to live with, long after President Bush has left the White House.

 "I strongly support the strengthening of relations between the United States and India.  But there are many ways to deepen U.S.-India ties without damaging the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, expanding the production of nuclear weapons in India, further exacerbating the instability in Pakistan, and encouraging Iran and North Korea to believe that their nuclear malfeasance will someday be forgotten and forgiven."

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