Iran without a nuclear weapon or Iran with a delayed nuclear weapon is better than Iran with a nuclear weapon right now.

I supported, and continue to support, the Iran nuclear deal because it made us and our allies more secure and brought Iran more in line with international principles of nonproliferation.

There is plenty of areas of agreement in that respect.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.R. 1644, the Korean Interdiction and Modernization of Sanctions Act. I thank the chairman of the committee, the gentleman from California (Mr. Royce); and the ranking member, the gentleman from…

We have to keep them separate, evaluating every policy as to whether it helps at least one of those goals without setting back one of the others.

Our first goal is to protect the Syrian people and we would, eventually, like to see good governance in Syria.

Words are truly inadequate to express our country's gratitude at the extraordinary sacrifice of these individuals and heroes, and our prayers are with their families.

We cannot shirk our responsibility as Members of Congress.

We want to do that all without excessive U.S. casualties and without a war with Russia.

If we are cutting off humanitarian aid, if we are not putting in place things on the ground, if we are refusing to let refugees into the United States, we are not then doing what we need to do.

I do want to emphasize, however, that support for the Taliban, such as from Iran, in my view, no more than the support that Russia provides, is also very much a function of the regional disbelief, at this point, that a stable, successful…