The regime's use of terror in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Lebanon, Gaza, Golan, and elsewhere has strengthened its regional dominance.

Doesn't that mean that the Iranian Government is still trying to develop nuclear weapons even as we speak?

Can you confirm that it is the United States' position, the State Department's position here, that Iran enjoys no such right under either Article 4 of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty or under any other provision or principle of law?

The JPOA has not halted Iran's nuclear program.

Over the past few decades, a bipartisan consensus has emerged that tough sanctions are essential.

Nuclear negotiations are entering the sixth year for the United States and the 12th year for the Europeans, yet Western leverage has diminished.

Iran has long been a serious threat to U.S. national security interests.

As we negotiate a comprehensive nuclear deal with Iran, we would be remiss if we did not heed the lessons from Alberto's exhaustive work.

According to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran produced more than 500 additional kilograms of low-enriched uranium--that is a 7-percent increase in its holdings--between September and November of this past year alone.

Without the pressure of tough sanctions, Iran would not have been engaged in any talks in the first place.

I respectfully disagree with the Administration on this.

this afternoon I rise in support of this continuing resolution which is now before the Senate. Overall, it is a relatively clean bill that carries forward current levels for discretionary spending and avoids another government shutdown. It…