Thank Senator McCain for Leadership on Nuclear Weapons

A letter from The Union of Concerned Scientists

Nuclear weapons are a grave and growing danger to humanity. They have become a security liability rather than an asset, and U.S. nuclear weapons policy needs to be changed to reflect new global realities. 

Earlier this month, Senator John McCain acknowledged this crucial fact when he gave a remarkable speech on the Senate floor in which he endorsed a number of critical measures to reduce the nuclear threat as well as the goal of a world free of nuclear weapons. Please write to Senator McCain to thank him for his leadership and for building critical bipartisan support.
 

Contact Senator McCain today

Dear Senator,

As a constituent, I thank you for the tremendous speech you gave on the Senate floor on June 3, in which you gave your support to and provided increased credibility for the goal of a world free of nuclear weapons and to several specific measures that will make our country safer and move us closer to that difficult but achievable goal.

I fully agree that success in this effort demands strong U.S. leadership and bipartisan support, and that the time has come, as you say, to “reduce dramatically the number of nuclear weapons in the world’s arsenals.” In the near future, I hope you will do everything you can to build bipartisan support for the expected follow-on agreement with Russia on the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty to significantly reduce the number of U.S. and Russian nuclear weapons, for Senate ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, and for a global ban on the production of weapons-grade materials.

This is a time of great urgency and opportunity and we must seize the moment to prevent the further spread of nuclear weapons, materials, and technology. I urge you to do all you can to further raise this issue and convince your Senate colleagues that we must act now to reduce the threat posed by nuclear weapons.