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Ed Royce: I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from California (Mr. McCarthy), our majority leader. Mr. McCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, I…

On the recordSeptember 11, 2015
I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from California (Mr. McCarthy), our majority leader. Mr. McCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. I want to take a moment and thank the chairman for his work that has been done for the American public that they have been able to see directly through what this Iran agreement is about. An interesting thing is happening on this floor as I sit around and listen. I am hearing Republicans and Democrats on the same side. Those that are opposed to it are bipartisan. Those that support this all come from one place. You know, when I came to Congress, the one thing you are always told is find a committee and stick with that committee because what happens is you get expertise. If you care about banking, you go to Financial Services, and you get expertise year over year. Taxes, Ways and Means. When it comes to Foreign Affairs, you get the expertise of something like this. So you know what? I have listened to those who sit on those committees, and I look to the chairman and the ranking member on the Democratic side. You know what I heard from both of them? They are in the same position. They are opposed to this agreement. They took their years of expertise, they read through it, they did the hearings, and they came to the same conclusion. So I wonder, could that happen on the other side of this building, inside the Senate? Because they have committees as well. The same bipartisan conclusion came.…
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Ed Royce
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Sep 11, 2015

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