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| https://mcadams.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=523 | McAdams urges agreement to block funding for explosive nuclear weapons testing in final defense bill | 2020-10-28 | 2020 | 2020-10 | Democrat | House | UT | Ben McAdams | M001209 | mcadams.house.gov | legacy | Washington, D.C.Congressman Ben McAdams is working to strike funding in the final version of an annual defense authorization bill to stop any resumption of explosive nuclear weapons testing by the Administration. McAdams and five House colleagues sent a letter to House and Senate leaders who will lead the conference committee that will resolve differences in House and Senate-passed versions of the FY2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). A final bill will be voted on later this year. In July, McAdams and his colleagues passed an amendment with bipartisan support in the House version (H.R. 6395) that prohibits any funding to conduct or prepare for new explosive nuclear weapons testing. The bill passed by the Senate (S. 4049) makes $10 million available for the United States to carry out an explosive nuclear weapons test. McAdams' letter repeats his strong objections to any plans by senior members of the Trump administration to resume nuclear weapons testing, given the tragic consequences for Utahns living downwind. From 1945 to 1992, the United States conducted more than 1,000 nuclear weapons tests. These tests, both above and below ground, produced radiation which drastically affected the health of thousands of Americans across the West, resulting in cancer and premature deaths. Generations of families adjacent to the test site unnecessarily suffered because of the federal government's negligence, says the letter. McAdams' letter states that nuclear weapons experts in the Department of Energy and the National Nuclear Security Administration have certified for decades that our nuclear weapons stockpile remains safe, secure and reliable without the need to resume explosive tests. Utahns trusted the government when it told them they were safe, even as federal officials knew about the danger. At a time when Utahns are still suffering and dying from exposure to the radioactive fallout from explosive testing, why would we ever want to go down that path again? said McAdams. ### | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |