Iran becomes a much more dangerous and wealthier nuclear threshold state.

The Iran of May 2022 is a much more dangerous threat and a far less interested party in negotiating than the Iran of 2015.

Now clearly this reality is in part due to President Trump's decision to walk away from the JCPOA without a plan, a strategy, or any allies alongside.

The simple fact is this. As a means of constraining Iran's nuclear program, the JCPOA was working. Leaving it has not.

That is why we will seek a return to the JCPOA as long as we assess that its nonproliferation benefits are worth the sanctions lifting we would provide.

the deal only provides 4-6 months of additional breakout time.

We have no illusion. Nuclear deal or no nuclear deal, this Iranian Government will remain a threat.

The current JCPOA actually provides patient pathways to nuclear weapons as opposed to actually permanently cutting off those pathways.

The facts are the facts. As we meet here on May 25, 2022, Iran is closer than ever to developing a nuclear weapon.

Worse, rather than compelling Iran to make concessions, the prior Administration's so-called maximum pressure campaign resulted in Iran's maximum nonnuclear provocations.

We must go beyond thoughts and prayers and take action.

Missiles that Iran points at U.S. troops in the region. Missiles that Iran points at our ally, the state of Israel, which Iranian leaders have said should be 'wiped off the face of the earth.'