Wendy Sherman

It means that under this agreement and under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, Iran is prohibited from pursuing a nuclear weapon, obtaining, acquiring, or developing one. Ever. Ever.

The U.S. Congress has the authority and the right under our Constitution and under the Corker-Cardin legislation to, in fact, review this and to vote a resolution of disapproval.

The President had all of the GCC, the Gulf Cooperation Council, to a meeting at Camp David to talk about how to develop security for the region and a regional strategy.

This deal is based on verification, not trust.

The IRGC does not support this deal. That should tell you something.

I thank the gentleman for putting forward this amendment. Bob Hope is a local neighborhood airport. Only through a technicality was it denied a curfew. All the commercial carriers already adhere to that curfew. We have a handful of…

I thank the gentleman for his clarification. If this deal is signed, I do not think that Congress will enact a Resolution of Disapproval over the President's veto--maybe not even vote for it on the floor. It is even less likely that…

I will yield to Chairman Royce for a colloquy, and I will ask him the following questions. As I read this bill, if Congress does not enact a Joint Resolution of Disapproval, that failure to enact a Resolution of Disapproval cannot be read…

I thank the distinguished chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee. I want to associate myself with his comments and particularly thank him for focusing our attention on the struggles of the people of Artsakh. Mr. Speaker, one should…

And in fact, in the Joint Plan of Action, we have required that Iran come clean on its past actions as part of any comprehensive agreement.

The Financial Services bill contains quite a number of noncontroversial provisions that will improve Dodd-Frank, and we could improve our economy today and have a bill on the President's desk by the end of the month. But no, the majority…

Is it your understanding that the training bases will be outside Syria? I yield to the gentleman from California. Mr. McKEON. Mr. Speaker, that is my understanding.

By our failure to repeal and replace the War Powers Act resolution, which no longer fits current circumstances, we are complicit with many administrations in the multidecade decline of the role of this Congress in shaping American foreign…

Such matters have in the past been negotiated through treaties, a recent example of which is the New START agreement with Russia.

The U.S. Government is dedicated to the return of Robert Levinson, and dual U.S. citizens Saeed Abedini, Amir Hekmati.

The administration has negotiated other matters of great importance such as the Strategic Partnership Agreement with Afghanistan without consultation of Congress.

Any deal reached with Iran would be of historic magnitude, and of great importance to the United States as well as the rest of the world.

We have made clear that we are calling on Iran to release Mr. Hekmati and Mr. Abedini.

We continue to take issue with Iran's human rights abuses, state sponsorship of terrorism, its detainment of U.S. citizens.

It is an important step, because the ability to turn it back into enriched material is that much more difficult.

It used to be foreign policy stopped at the water's edge. It is not that way.

Every element that we can deal with helps on breakout, but until we get a comprehensive agreement we will not have a durable agreement that will give us the kind of assurance we are looking for.

I take the prerogatives of the United States Congress incredibly seriously.

We certainly hope that no one goes down this road. We are trying to create incentives to do otherwise and disincentives to proceed in this manner.

I can assure every Member of the United States Senate and of the House of Representatives that Congress is a constant topic of conversation by the Iranians.