Chris Coons: “today I come again to the floor to speak about the ongoing challenges that we face in our relationship with Iran, about…”

“today I come again to the floor to speak about the ongoing challenges that we face in our relationship with Iran, about some of the benefits that we have seen through the JCPOA-- the joint comprehensive agreement on the nuclear program that Iran has now significantly set back--and some of the challenges that we face going forward. We will hear from a number of my colleagues in the next 45 minutes, and I am grateful that they, too, are coming to the floor today to talk about the balance, what there is that we can recognize about the progress we have made under the JCPOA and what there is that remains to be done and that remains as a challenge. There are some who believe that having reached so-called implementation day means that we have settled our scores with Iran, that there are no more concerns we have, and that we can now expect a complete and positive change in its behavior. But in my view this couldn't be further from the truth. Now more than ever, we cannot afford to take our attention away from Iran. My colleagues and I are on the floor today to explain why we must do more to strictly enforce this deal and to aggressively push back on Iran's bad behavior outside of the parameters of the nuclear deal. My personal concern is that if we don't, if we don't do this effectively, this important landmark nuclear agreement may not survive even into next year. Let me at the outset say that there have been some encouraging developments in recent days.…”