05/08/2018
https://congress.gov...
"the Obama administration paid $1.7 billion to Iran in exchange for hostages."
"The U.S. should never pay ransom for the release of our citizens held hostage abroad."
"The head of the Justice Department's National Security Division warned that Iran would see this as ransom and would respond to this by taking more Americans hostage."
"This bill does two things: One, it provides more transparency regarding the U.S.-Iran Claims Tribunal; and, two, it prohibits cash payments to the Government of Iran, the world's leading state sponsor..."