On the recordSeptember 9, 2015
Mr. Speaker, Republican self-styled experts like Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, and Donald Trump condemning an agreement to decrease the nuclear threat is hardly new. One Republican Presidential candidate blasted a ``nuclear Munich.'' The National Review denounced a ``suicide pact.'' The Conservative Caucus founder derided our President as a ``useful idiot'' and a ``weak man.'' Old George Will lamented the ``cult of arms control.'' Sharp words for a President who is negotiating a nuclear agreement with an untrustworthy, terrorist-promoting regime that is bent on destroying America. Yet these shrill Republican attacks were not against President Obama, rather they were against President Ronald Reagan for agreeing with the Soviets to limit nuclear missiles. What the bomb-first, rejectionist crowd lacks in understanding and creativity they make up for here today in fatal consistency. Those who think the only good deal with Iran is a dead deal over nuclear weapons are only endangering our families. This week, I believe that reason will prevail and the President will be sustained, and our families will be all the safer for it. ____________________
