REP. TED LIEU STATEMENT ON HOUSE PASSAGE OF DENUCLEARIZED KOREAN PENINSULA AMENDMENT

REP. TED LIEU STATEMENT ON HOUSE PASSAGE OF DENUCLEARIZED KOREAN PENINSULA AMENDMENT

Washington - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles County) issued the following statement in response to House passage of his amendment (Number 328) to the National Defense Authorization Act: To express a sense of Congress that it is the policy of the United States to support a denuclearized Korean peninsula.

“I am pleased that in contrast to the irresponsible, dangerous language of a presumptive nominee for President, the Republican majority in the House has joined with Democrats to unanimously pass my amendment asserting the official policy of the United States to support a denuclearized Korean peninsula.  We cannot allow the proliferation of nuclear weapons on the peninsula.  We must protect stability in the region by reducing nuclear activity—not increasing it.”