We would like to extend our gratitude to Congresswoman Kuster for joining Congressman Pappas as a cosponsor of Rep. Smith’s No First Use of Nuclear Weapons bill (H.R. 921), and praise her for hearing NH residents in her district, the NH House which passed HCR 7 urging the President and Congress to renounce first-use, and national security experts who believe that this is an important step towards preventing nuclear war during these uncertain and dangerous times.

In the face of COVID-19 and police brutality protests, we implore our congresswoman to confront dangerous and wasteful nuclear weapons and military spending in the soon to be debated NDAA, as well as in future relief stimulus bills. The US government spent $65,000 every minute of 2019 on nuclear weapons, and in 2020 was tragically unprepared for this pandemic. It is time that we fix our moral compass on health care and not warfare.