George LeMieux: Not the Time to Start START

With the Senate moving forward to vote on the START treaty, U.S. Sen. George LeMieux, R-Fla., voted in the minority to defer it, arguing that such a complex matter needed longer debate and study.

What you're seeing here this week is further evidence that Congress is broken, said LeMieux. To think we would take up the solemn responsibility of approving a nuclear weapons treaty with Russia and approve a 2,000-page, $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill is an injustice. I think every member of our conference wants to be in a position where they could support the START treaty, but it deserves fair treatment and that is a full and open debate and a process for amending the language.