[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 130 (Thursday, September 10, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H5879]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      OPPOSITION TO THE PRESIDENT'S EXECUTIVE AGREEMENT WITH IRAN

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to the President's 
proposed agreement with Iran.
  Iran is the world's number one state sponsor of terrorism. They 
support the murderous Assad regime in Syria, they support Hezbollah 
terrorists in Lebanon, and they support the Houthi rebels in Yemen. 
Iran-backed militias have killed American troops in Iraq.
  Negotiation is founded upon trust, and there can be no trust for the 
mullahs who run Iran. To quote Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel: 
``Regimes rooted in brutality must never be trusted. And the words and 
actions of the leadership of Iran leave no doubt as to their 
intentions.''
  In March, I joined with 366 of my fellow Members of Congress, 
including 130 Democrats, in a letter to President Obama. We agreed that 
any deal with Iran must last for multiple decades and include full 
disclosure of Iran's past nuclear pursuits with anytime, anywhere 
inspections for verification. This agreement does not meet these 
standards.
  For these and many other reasons, we must not support it.

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