Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the leadership of Mr. Zeldin and I appreciate him using that word ``learned.'' It feels good. You know, this is an interesting thing, because I was there during the time that John Kerry and the President were negotiating this deal. Keep in mind, this is a deal that John Kerry and the President agreed to, but nobody signed. We didn't sign it, our Senate never voted on it, and Iran didn't sign it. So this is a deal in paper only that nobody has signed. If you were to do any business transaction in the real world, this piece of paper would be worthless. I want to mention words of one of our previous Presidents. It has been about 60 years after President Dwight Eisenhower announced that Atoms for Peace Program, and one lesson is clear: ``Civilian nuclear programs flourish only through cooperation and openness. Secrecy and isolation typically are signs of a nuclear weapons program.'' So here we are. I have in front of me the Institute for Science and International Security, August 31, 2017, and in the introduction, it says: ``One of the most serious compliance issues concerns the IAEA's access to military sites and credible verification of Section T, which prohibits key nuclear weapons development activities and controls dual- use equipment potentially usable in such activities. In this report, the issue of verifying Section T is discussed.…”