In the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s statements that the U.S. should resume physical nuclear weapons tests, a group of Democratic Senators have introduced a bill to restrict any such moves. Called the “No Nuclear Testing Without Approval Act,” the bill was introduced on Nov. 5 by Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), and Martin Heinrich (D-NM). The bill would prohibit the U.S. from conducting any nuclear tests without Congressional approval.
“Restarting nuclear testing would be reckless and unnecessary,” Senator Kelly said in a Nov. 7 statement. “We’ve already conducted more than a thousand tests and know our warheads work. This would just risk triggering a dangerous chain reaction, potentially encouraging countries like China to do the same and advance their own technology.”
