On the recordJuly 7, 2016
If you listen to the last comment by the gentleman, for whom I have a lot of respect, this is really not about this particular situation. It is about the Iran deal. Anything to make it look bad--to make the agreement look bad, to make any future work on it look bad, to make any future vote on it look bad--some folks will do. What he says is not to allow any dollars to be appropriated by this committee to help in any way, shape, or form, or to get involved with the Iran deal. That is a situation we see a lot of on this committee, and it shouldn't be. It doesn't belong here. It belongs in another committee. If you are opposed to what the President has proposed--with what the President is trying to do and with what many of us believe is correct-- then we should work on that but not necessarily work on trying to cut funding and say that this particular part cannot be done and that that particular part cannot be done. It simply speaks to a larger issue, and I think we should be fair and honest with ourselves and say: I oppose this whole deal. I oppose this proposal. I oppose all of this, and I am simply trying to get at it in another way. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
