Political Quotes

“Mr. President, the world was safer when the JCPOA, the Iran nuclear agreement negotiated by President Obama, was in place. The world became a much less safe place when President Trump tore up that agreement against the advice of his Secretary of State and his Secretary of Defense. We have an opportunity right now to reconstruct that agreement--or the most important elements of it--so that Iran once again is as far as possible from being able to obtain a nuclear weapon. That would make the region safer. That would make the United States safer. But time is of the essence. U.S. negotiators, European negotiators, the Russians, the Chinese, and the Iranians are right now entering what could be the last round of discussions, and it is absolutely imperative that the U.S. Senate provide this administration with the support it needs to effectuate an agreement. I want to talk to my colleagues for a few minutes about how important it is for the United States and our European allies--for the world, indeed--to reconstruct a diplomatic agreement with Iran. And I want to also talk for a moment about how disastrous the last 5 years have been--a period of time during which the United States has largely been out of compliance with that agreement. The JCPOA was signed by the United States and European allies and was entered into, on behalf of a coalition that included Russia and China, with the Iranian Government.…”