On the recordNovember 12, 2014
We are now less than 2 weeks away from the Iran nuclear negotiations deadline. A deal that allows Iran to enrich any uranium and to keep in place its nuclear infrastructure is a bad deal. As long as Iran maintains the capability to enrich uranium, it can create a nuclear weapon. The administration has always misinterpreted the goal of our sanctions. They are to compel Iran to completely abandon its nuclear pursuit. As the deadline looms and as Republicans are set to control Congress, I urge my colleagues to not allow President Obama to trade away the only leverage we have over the mullahs in Tehran in exchange for minor and easy reversible modifications by Iran on its nuclear weapons program. Simply pushing back Iran's breakout time is not in the interests of the U.S. national security. Ensuring that there will never be an Iranian bomb is in our Nation's interest. ____________________
