[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 5 (Thursday, January 9, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S113]
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                                  Iran

  Mr. CARPER. Mr. President, before Senator Blackburn arrived on the 
floor, I talked about Iran, as many of us have. I mentioned the 
opposition that some folks in Iran had--that the Revolutionary Guard 
Corps Quds Force had--to actually entering into negotiations with the 
United States and five other nations to get the Iran deal, the JCPOA. 
As far as I can tell, nobody was a stronger opponent to Iran's 
negotiating with us and five other nations--nobody, as best I can tell, 
was a stronger opponent for Iran's doing that, for sitting down and 
trying to work things out--than Soleimani.
  We are not going to miss that guy, but he was one of the strongest 
opponents who had actually taken what, I think, was a reasonable 
course. Sadly, this administration walked away from it.
  I thank my colleague for yielding.