[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 39 (Wednesday, March 1, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H992]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  DISAVOW NEW NUCLEAR ACCORD WITH IRAN

  (Mr. SANTOS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SANTOS. Madam Speaker, I rise today horrified at the reports from 
Iran that hundreds of schoolgirls appear to have been poisoned in the 
suspected attack by the Iranian Government. I cannot stand by idly and 
watch these women and children continue to be targeted simply because 
they want to live free from persecution.
  Last month, I called on the President to do more than merely sanction 
the Ayatollah's illegal theocratic regime. The Biden administration 
will not respond because they are still looking to resuscitate the 2015 
nuclear deal with Iran known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
  Additionally, its weakness on the world stage has the administration 
consumed by the war in Ukraine and recent airspace invasions from 
China.
  We have faced decades-long failed attempts to negotiate directly with 
the Islamic Republic. If there is one thing that has become crystal 
clear, it is that resuscitating the nuclear deal no longer offers a 
realistic pathway for mitigating the threats posed by Tehran.

  We need to stop virtue signaling and soft-pedaling with flimsy 
symbolic support. I call on the Biden administration to publicly 
disavow the prospect of a new nuclear deal with Iran.

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