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On the recordDecember 15, 2015
Mr. President, I rise today to revisit an issue that some in this body I am sure, no doubt, would probably not want to revisit. My intention is not to cause any of my colleagues discomfort, but this is an issue--and the Presiding Officer knows more than most-- that needs to be discussed, and the Presiding Officer has done a great job of discussing it. I think it has become pretty clear to most Americans and many Members of this body that this body made a mistake a few months back, a mistake with significant consequences for our security, for the security of the Middle East, and certainly a mistake as it relates to some of our own American citizens. For the first time in U.S. history on a national security agreement of major importance, the mistake that was made was the Congress of the United States moved forward to approve an agreement not on the basis of a bipartisan majority, which is the history of this country, but on the basis of a partisan minority in both Houses. Of course, I am talking about President Obama's Iranian nuclear deal that will very soon--as early as next month, according to the terms of the agreement--be sending tens of billions of dollars to the biggest sponsor of terrorism in the world. There are many things that are going on in this body right now. We are looking at the spending bills, and there is a lot of concern about terrorism.…
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