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United States: House Subcommittee Cuts New Nuclear Weapons Funding A Republican-led House appropriations subcommittee rejected a $50 million White House request to study the development of new nuclear weapons, the New York Times reported today (see GSN, July 9). Representative David Hobson (R-Ohio), chairman of the Energy and Water Development Subcommittee, said the Energy Department needed to focus on maintaining the existing U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile. “Before we go blindly into new areas, we have to think about where we are and what we are doing with what we’ve got,” Hobson said. “I did what I thought was the responsible thing to do, and my committee concurred,” he added. U.S. officials said they would fight to reinstate the funding before the spending bill becomes law. The $50 million could be reinstated by the full committee. “I am disappointed they were reduced or eliminated and hope that when the final appropriations bill comes forward that the Congress will support the president on this,” said Linton Brooks, chief of the National Nuclear Security Administration. “I think it’s important,” he added. Democratic senators, who opposed the new nuclear research, supported Hobson’s move and called for similar cutbacks in the Senate (Carl Hulse, New York Times, July 15).
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