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On the recordJuly 9, 2015
Mr. Speaker, in March, before a joint meeting of Congress, the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, warned ``history has placed us at a fateful crossroads.'' As a world leader at the forefront of this crossroad, I believe America has a responsibility to prevent a nuclear Iran. An Iran with nuclear weapons capabilities would further exacerbate and destabilize the region and would certainly inspire an arms race among other nonnuclear nations. The Obama administration's foreign policy missteps do not inspire confidence that the current negotiations will conclude any differently. After numerous delays, negotiations are veering further away from any type of reasonable agreement that would contain Iran's nuclear ambitions. I do not trust this administration as it approaches the reversal of a half century of nuclear nonproliferation policy. As Chairman Royce stated over the weekend: ``The Obama administration's fundamental misread of the Iranian regime is part of what makes this potential agreement so dangerous to our national security.'' The sanctions relief numbers that are being reported now are staggering and would directly undercut years of democratic success. Sanctions are a vital tool when working to keep our citizens and allies out of harm's way. In dealing with an aggressive state sponsor of terror, there should be no daylight between the position of Republicans and Democrats in Congress, nor Congress with the President or the United States with our allies.…
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Gus Bilirakis
Republican · Florida

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