Ben Cardin actually said...

I want to thank Secretary Kerry, Secretary Moniz, and Secretary Lew, and your entire negotiating team.

If Congress were to say these sanctions cannot be lifted, it would not be any different than the snapback that we now have.

The Iran Sanctions Act expires at the end of 2016. Congress may well want to extend that law so that that power is available immediately if ...

We made clear in the negotiations that we retained the ability and we were going to keep in place sanctions on terrorism.