Mr. President, before Senator Blackburn arrived on the floor, I talked about Iran, as many of us have. I mentioned the opposition that some folks in Iran had--that the Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force had--to actually entering into negotiations with the United States and five other nations to get the Iran deal, the JCPOA. As far as I can tell, nobody was a stronger opponent to Iran's negotiating with us and five other nations--nobody, as best I can tell, was a stronger opponent for Iran's doing that, for sitting down and trying to work things out--than Soleimani. We are not going to miss that guy, but he was one of the strongest opponents who had actually taken what, I think, was a reasonable course. Sadly, this administration walked away from it. I thank my colleague for yielding.
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