Eliot Engel: “But Congress had an opportunity to vote on the deal, and we lost.”

On the recordJanuary 6, 2016

But Congress had an opportunity to vote on the deal, and we lost.

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Acknowledges that Congress previously voted on the Iran deal and did not succeed.

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