Political Quotes

“I thank the Senator from Hawaii for the way she has dealt with us since she has been here. I rise today to talk about discussions that have been taking place in Vienna over the last four days relative to the Iran P5+1 discussions. I know each of us in this body focuses on different topics based on the committee assignments we have. I wish to point out that reports have come out today and last night that the technical experts who have been meeting around the deal that has been announced still are having difficulties trying to understand how to implement this deal that was written down on four pages. I say this to talk about the fact that there are many in this body on both sides of the aisle who would like to weigh in on this issue. I realize the administration has expressed concerns as to what type of weighing in they think might be harmful to the discussions. I think there are many of us who understand those things and have tried to figure out a way to weigh in in an appropriate way. (Mr. KAINE assumed the Chair.) To bring people's memories back into focus, one of the concerns we have all had leading up to the announcement of this deal has been the amount of time, if you will, that remains before Iran reaches a status of being a nuclear armed state. So it was very important, I think to all of us, as we heard the announcement of this interim deal, that we actually understand the timeframes that were involved.…”