Mark Kirk said "Mr. President, the coming amendment is the Kirk-Brown amendment which is the key Iran vote of this session of Congress. If my colleagues are upset about the intel-sharing arrangement with the State of Israel, if my colleagues feel we should rebalance our policy with regard to the United States potentially voting against Israel in the U.N., this is the time to rebalance our policy with regard to our allies in the State of Israel. I urge the body to support this Brown-Kirk bipartisan amendment which has been worked out with the other side. I just talked to the senior Senator from California, Mrs. Boxer, who assured me she supports this amendment. So does the senior Senator from New Jersey, Mr. Menendez, with whom I have built such a long, bipartisan partnership on the Iran issue. I urge adoption of this amendment. I yield back my time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from California." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMarch 26, 2015

Mr. President, the coming amendment is the Kirk-Brown amendment which is the key Iran vote of this session of Congress. If my colleagues are upset about the intel-sharing arrangement with the State of Israel, if my colleagues feel we should rebalance our policy with regard to the United States potentially voting against Israel in the U.N., this is the time to rebalance our policy with regard to our allies in the State of Israel. I urge the body to support this Brown-Kirk bipartisan amendment which has been worked out with the other side. I just talked to the senior Senator from California, Mrs. Boxer, who assured me she supports this amendment. So does the senior Senator from New Jersey, Mr. Menendez, with whom I have built such a long, bipartisan partnership on the Iran issue. I urge adoption of this amendment. I yield back my time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from California.

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