I call it ransom, because that is what Iran demanded.
China needs to realize that there will be consequences well beyond our current targeted sanctions on this or that business entity if it cont...
I had raised several times during the course of those negotiations that the hostages should have been freed without any precondition.
When you make payments like this, all you do is invite more Americans to be held hostage.
To me, it was textbook ransom. And the Iranians viewed it as ransom because I have seen the tapes of their comments when this transaction oc...
The head of the Justice Department's National Security Division warned that Iran would see this as ransom and would respond to this by takin...
This bill does two things: One, it provides more transparency regarding the U.S.-Iran Claims Tribunal; and, two, it prohibits cash payments ...
The fact that this bill has only Republican co-sponsors, 50 of it, sends a message to us that it is not a bipartisan bill.
There is a common theme between the underlying bill and the ranking member's substitute, and that theme is the need for greater transparency...
I think we should focus on substance and not derail ourselves over something on which we are simply not going to agree.
We have to play a very, very important role.