On the recordSeptember 8, 2015
This week, we will debate and vote on one of the most consequential national security and foreign policy issues that we have faced in quite some time--the Iran nuclear agreement. This deal allows Iran to continue to enrich uranium and to keep in place nearly every key aspect of its nuclear program. It also provides an economic lifeline to the Iranian regime, with billions of dollars in sanctions relief, which will fund Iran's support for terror and its other acts of belligerence in the region. This deal also lifts the arms embargo on Iran, lifts sanctions on its ballistic missile program, and lifts certain sanctions on the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and its leader, like Qasem Soleimani. This is not a partisan or a political statement--this is the grim reality of the situation. This deal, as it has been presented to Congress and to the American people, will not prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear weapons state. As such, it is incumbent upon us to reject this weak and dangerous Iran nuclear agreement this week. ____________________
