Brad Sherman actually said...

"Defending that treaty is critical, since without it I am sure there would be dozens of nuclear states and we would have experienced several nuclear wars by now."

"It is going to be very hard to force this regime to change its behavior and to give up its nuclear weapons."

"Iran has no legitimate fears, not even illegitimate fears of Israel. They do not share a border."

"The world has avoided the destruction that many predicted when the nuclear genie was unleashed in 1945, chiefly because of the Nonproliferation Treaty."