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Ann Marie Buerkle
@annmariebuerkle· Republican · NY· Mar 18, 2015

my concern with that is, and we have heard from both sides of the aisle on this issue, we have a very successful fast track recall program at the CPSC and this will impede the process and the speed at which products with be taken out of…

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Ed Royce
@edroyce· Republican · CA· Mar 18, 2015

Suggesting that Congress has a role to play by voting on sanctions relief years from now once a deal has run its course, that to me is disingenuous.

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Ed Royce
@edroyce· Republican · CA· Mar 18, 2015

I am hopeful that the SEC will provide some clear guidance on these issues in the future.

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Ed Royce
@edroyce· Republican · CA· Mar 18, 2015

I do think that it is going to be a considerable amount of time under the calculus that the administration is working under when they intend to come to Congress for that vote and that is very, very concerning.

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Ed Royce
@edroyce· Republican · CA· Mar 18, 2015

But that is why we are here today. You are putting this stock in Iran's signature to the NPT and its safeguards agreement, right? They have had those same commitments. They have been violating those commitments for years.

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Ed Royce
@edroyce· Republican · CA· Mar 18, 2015

If Congress will be asked to roll back its sanctions on Iran, then there must be a substantial rollback of Iran's nuclear program.

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Ed Royce
@edroyce· Republican · CA· Mar 18, 2015

This committee has been at the forefront of examining the threat of a nuclear Iran.

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Ed Royce
@edroyce· Republican · CA· Mar 18, 2015

How can we expect Iran to uphold an agreement when they are not meeting their current commitments?

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Ann Marie Buerkle
@annmariebuerkle· Republican · NY· Mar 18, 2015

I think the biggest issue with ROVs is that there is this pursuit by the majority in the Commission to get to a mandatory standard.

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Ed Royce
@edroyce· Republican · CA· Mar 18, 2015

You can't have real verification going forward unless you have that revealed to the IAEA.

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Ed Royce
@edroyce· Republican · CA· Mar 18, 2015

It is the House of Representatives that has driven this process.

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Ann Marie Buerkle
@annmariebuerkle· Republican · NY· Mar 18, 2015

The general way a voluntary standard and the ANSI standards are done is not public.

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Ed Royce
@edroyce· Republican · CA· Mar 18, 2015

I implore you to convey those views immediately, if you would, to Secretary Kerry and the negotiating team.

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Ann Marie Buerkle
@annmariebuerkle· Republican · NY· Mar 18, 2015

I hope that today's hearing will renew our relationship of working together to keep America's consumers safe from unreasonable risk of injury or harm.

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Ted Yoho
@tedyoho· Republican · FL· Mar 18, 2015

Would they be investing money into that or would they be investing it into their own country?

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Jacob Thompson
@jacobthompson· Democratic · MS· Mar 18, 2015

By holding this hearing in the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications, the committee is sending a strong message to the American public that chemical security is a shared responsibility.

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Ted Yoho
@tedyoho· Republican · FL· Mar 18, 2015

Is it prudent for the United States of America to go forward with this versus backing up from the negotiation table?

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Ted Yoho
@tedyoho· Republican · FL· Mar 18, 2015

One lesson is clear. Civilian nuclear programs flourish only through cooperation and openness. Secrecy and isolation are typically signs of a nuclear weapons program.

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