Washington, Aug. 4 -- Congressman John Garamendi issued the following press release:

In case you missed it, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA-08), alongside Senators Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA-08), published an op-ed in MS NOW warning that the Trump administration's proposed nuclear cooperation deal with Saudi Arabia threatens to ignite a nuclear arms race across the Middle East.

The four lawmakers, who co-chair the bicameral Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group, write that the deal would allow Saudi Arabia to produce its own weapons-grade uranium and plutonium without requiring the International Atomic Energy Agency's Additional Protocol, the strongest international inspectio...