10/30/2013
https://www.congress.gov...
"U.S. leadership in the Middle East is critically important."
"this is still an anti-American, anti-Semitic revolutionary regime that has cultivated a network of proxies to challenge stable governments in the region"
"I am concerned about the leverage we have given up but, like others here, want to continue to understand whether we achieve that goal or not."
"Obviously, in order to cast this vote responsibly we have to answer the fundamental question, does this deal achieve our key objective of keeping Iran from gaining a nuclear weapon?"