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| https://lee.house.gov/news/press-releases/barbara-lee-votes-against-india-nuclear-deal | Barbara Lee Votes Against India Nuclear Deal | 2006-07-26 | 2006 | 2006-07 | Democrat | House | CA | Barbara Lee | L000551 | lee.house.gov | legacy | 07.26.06 Barbara Lee Votes Against India Nuclear Deal (Washington, DC) Tonight, Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-Oakland) voted against a bill that would lift restrictions on U.S. nuclear aid to India, citing the measure's failures to address concerns that it would undermine international nuclear nonproliferation efforts. The problem with the deal, as it is currently written, is that it will do lasting harm to more than thirty years of international efforts to stop the spread of nuclear weapons, said Lee. It creates a double standard that undermines our efforts to stop countries like Iran from developing nuclear weapons, it sets a dangerous precedent that Pakistan and China are likely to follow, and it could help feed a nuclear arms race in South Asia. We have no guarantee that we will not be supplying India raw materials and technology that indirectly allow India to increase its bomb making capacity. The bill passed by a vote of 359-68. Lee led efforts to try to amend the measure. When it came before the House International Relations Committee on which she sits, she offered an amendment that would have required India to ratify the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. It was defeated on a vote of 4-36, with two Republicans, Chris Smith of New Jersey and Jim Leach of Iowa voting for the amendment. Yesterday, she offered another amendment that would have required India to declare all of its civilian nuclear facilities and open them to international inspections, commit not to assist non-nuclear states in acquiring nuclear weapons, and commit, as the U.S and other nuclear states have, to taking concrete steps towards eventual disarmament. Her second amendment was not made in order. Virtually everyone agrees that it is in our country's interest to strengthen our relationship with India, but to suggest that we can do so only at the expense of the international non-proliferation standards is both dishonest and dangerous, said Lee. As far as I am concerned, there is no country for which it would be acceptable to sacrifice our international standards. ### Next Article | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |