Jim Risch

I think that all of that was very much mistaken, both in terms of the rhetoric and the actions.

It will give us more international support... the international sanctions--and they are the most effective ones--do hinge on a good relationship between us, the EU, and some of the other players.

This is simply a false choice.

We would see as a consequence of any nuclear deal that is not preceded by an Iranian strategic shift.

To accomplish a coordinated, multilateral approach to countering Iran's proxies and dismantling the Iran threat network, our partners must trust us and want to work with us.

One year after the agreement concluded, the Iranian regime remains as serious of a threat to our national security as ever before.

I think that would make a fundamental difference. And if it did, we may not be in the position where we are going to have to use military force against a hardened target and a massive nuclear program.

I want to get to your level of confidence. Tell me how you are confident of that.

How in the world can you have a nation like Iran doing their own testing?

No one has been able to assure me that this agreement is going to be such that the Iranians are going to say, 'Okay, we are going to give up--we are never going to build a nuclear weapon.'

Anyone who believes this is a good deal really joins the ranks of the most naive people on the face of the earth.

This is not a partisan issue in any way: Do you feel that this agreement will keep Iran from getting a nuclear weapon or not?

I do not want to help these people. Until they change their ways, I have no interest whatsoever in helping these people.

You have to accept this, or else it is war.

I want to urge you again. The administration says it is the compassionate arm of the government. So be it. But use some compassion.

Look, the military option is still on the table. We are in no worse condition.

We can do better as we demonstrated with Libya where we demanded and received anywhere/anytime access to all sites.

If you are going to do this and you are going to continue with your nuclear ambitions, going in the direction that Senator Rubio has suggested, why would you not sit down with your enemy, negotiate this kind of deal...

Iran is likely to bolster its ties with Russia and especially with China.

I mean, I think you guys are being bamboozled. I really do.

I do think we taught folks a lesson, and that is if you give up nuclear arms, we are more likely to take you on militarily than if you do not.

To restore our resolve in our Iran policy, I am introducing a bipartisan piece of legislation today, with other committee members, that mandates tough sanctions for ballistic missile activity, terrorism, and other threatening behavior.

We violated every rule of good negotiating practice.

Bashar al-Assad would not even be in office today if it were not for Iran.

I believe you have been fleeced.