Mike Conaway: “I thank Chairman Royce for yielding time. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to the approval process that is going…”

“I thank Chairman Royce for yielding time. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to the approval process that is going on and the underlying deal with Iran. It is one of the most consequential foreign policy issues that we will confront, certainly since I have been here and, I expect, for the next several decades. This is a terrible deal. I can't state it any more forcefully. We have seen this movie before. In 1994, President Bill Clinton made a deal with North Korea. His deal with North Korea would rid the Korean Peninsula of nuclear weapons and would usher North Korea onto the stage as a responsible citizen of the world's nations. That didn't happen. This is the exact same verbiage we heard on this floor then that is being said tonight, and this is the exact same outcome we will get with Iran and their nuclear program. Look at their current record. Chief sponsor of state terrorism around the world. As their economy improves with the dropping of the sanctions and the resources they will get, do you realistically think that this ayatollah will, in fact, become a moderate voice within his country? Do you not think he will take those resources and expand the mischief and terror that he has conducted around the world already under the sanctions that were in place? The other side has already given up on the snapback provisions.…”