Jim Risch

This is absolutely ludicrous.

The costs and risks of accepting this bad agreement far outweigh the alternative of going back to the negotiating table.

They are going to continue to do it regardless of consequences.

I supported it. He did not. But he was quite upset during the new START Treaty debate.

Iran's state sponsorship of terrorism and its cultivation of violent proxies across the Middle East is as important for our security and that of our allies and partners as the Iran nuclear program.

It is going to be a matter of political will to stand up against those and block them.

In Iraq, where we are partnering with the Iraqi Government to defeat ISIL, Iran is directing militias that have engaged in sectarian violence and cleansing, putting at risk the stability of Iraq.

I am convinced today that they have done that. I think they have us set up for what could be a real disaster.

A particular challenge for U.S. interests in the region is Iran's pursuit of a rudimentary anti-access/area-denial strategy.

I think Congress has a special role to play on this.

I do not know of a fool that would agree to an agreement that they cannot read.

I am not satisfied to have an Iranian tell me that that is all that it refers to.

I think if Congress makes very clear that its support for the agreement is conditional on a robust American commitment to the region.

To dismantle their operations.

We need to continue to do the right thing, and this regime in Iran is going to continue to do the wrong thing.

I think Iran has learned from that. And I think that is the reason they are pursuing a nuclear weapon today.

The problem is you do not know that a leak--you are getting legitimate language.

The one thing that bothers me incredibly about this is the billions of dollars that Iran is going to get.

I do not see how there can be a deal, without access to sites that are suspicious anywhere and promptly.

The thing that I am most worried about is that we will wind up looking like we keep on making compromises and, therefore, we are seen as either weak.

But, it is not separate.

This was a really, really bad deal when it was made. It is a much worse deal today.

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant bill clerk called the roll.

The Founding Fathers were very wise when they put in the hands of the first branch of government the power to declare war.

This is a serious American problem, not a Congress versus President problem, not a Republican-Democrat problem.