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On the recordMay 24, 2016
The reason why this isn't a treaty is because he wouldn't have been able to get it passed.
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Lee Zeldin
Republican · New York

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Zeldin criticizes Secretary Kerry's reasoning for not making the JCPOA a treaty.

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So how would this not be a treaty? Under the definition you just provided--see, the thing is that you would then have to submit to Congress, and then it would have to be ratified.

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