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On the recordDecember 13, 2017
This deal is not a perfect deal. I don't know that there are perfect deals in this realm. But I do know that, for the next 7, 8, or 9 years, we are not going to have the worry that so many of us had before the Iran deal. Let's engage on that. Let's figure out what comes behind the Iran deal. Let's figure out other ways to address the behavior of Iran with respect to terrorism and the money laundering. Let's remember that this deal was about removing the existential threat, not making Iran a perfect regime, but removing the existentia threat to the United States of America, and let's not put that deal at risk. Mr. Speaker, I thank the ranking member, and I urge a strong ``no'' vote against this legislation.
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Jim Himes
Democratic · Connecticut
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Dec 13, 2017

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