Gottemoeller also emphasized the importance of full funding for nuclear weapons modernization. A lack of funding for modernization and stockpile stewardship could be a roadblock to ratification of the treaty, which failed in the Senate 12 years ago. “We’ve got a very complicated situation on Capitol Hill right now with the so-called fiscal cliff approaching,” she said. “We’ve got the problem of sequestration looming out there. All of these issues are in front of us, so the message that I’d like to really underscore is one of deep partnership between the executive branch and the legislative branch to try to get through all of these wickets. It’s a very, very difficult fiscal situation right now, and budget austerity is staring all of us in the face. But the president has been very clear, and he has really emphasized the priority on ensuring the funding for infrastructure modernization and also for the science-based Stockpile Stewardship Program.”
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