[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 132 (Tuesday, September 15, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1277]
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                               H.R. 3460

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                           HON. BRAD SHERMAN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 15, 2015

  Mr. SHERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I voted against H.R. 3460. I regret that 
this bill was brought to the floor without even a discussion, let alone 
a markup, in the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Had it been marked up 
in the House Foreign Affairs Committee, I would have offered an 
amendment to strike the date so that the President's authority to waive 
sanctions was either eliminated entirely or eliminated for three years 
or five years. Unfortunately the text of the bill implies that the next 
president will be more capable of making decisions regarding Iran than 
the current president. I have disagreed with President Obama on Iran 
policy, but I think it is absurd to assume that the next president will 
make better policy, especially when we have no idea who that individual 
will be.

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