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John Garamendi: “We do not and cannot have a new nuclear arms race for all…”

Featuring: John Garamendi, Democratic | U.S. House California, 8th Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 11:37

And thank you. Thank you. We have work to do. The good news is that there are two senators and several members of Congress that are willing to do the work. We do not and cannot have a new nuclear arms race for all the reasons that the senators have clearly pointed out. It's extraordinarily dangerous, extraordinarily expensive, and at the end, it's the end for the reasons that accidents do happen, misunderstandings do happen. (11:37–11:47)

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