Mr. Speaker, as this President comes closer to his final year in office, it is no secret that he only cares about shaping and molding his legacy. When discussing the Iran deal last year, his Deputy National Security Advisor said to reporters: ``This is probably the biggest thing President Obama will do in his second term on foreign policy. This is health care for us.'' Four years earlier, that health care--ObamaCare--was described by our Vice President as a ``big--explicative--``deal,'' but only time will shape this President's legacy. Seventy-five years ago, Winston Churchill proclaimed that Neville Chamberlain had a ``precision of mind and an aptitude for business which raised him far above the ordinary levels of our generation.'' Although this description is far too generous to describe our current President, who has no aptitude for business, Mr. Chamberlain was portrayed in a very different light than he is today. If he could be characterized in one word today, it would be ``appeaser.'' Regardless of his intellect, Mr. Chamberlain's incorrect decision to concede to Adolf Hitler's demands for the purpose of avoiding a conflict in Europe overshadowed anything else he ever accomplished as Prime Minister. Mr. Speaker, the Iran deal, I believe, is President Obama's Chamberlain moment.…
On the recordSeptember 10, 2015
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