[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13770]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                          IRANIAN NUCLEAR DEAL

  (Mr. FITZPATRICK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, a poll of my constituents in 
Pennsylvania's Eighth District, one of the true swing districts in this 
House, shows that they disapprove of the administration's nuclear deal 
with Iran by a 2 to 1 margin.
  These returns are in line with recent national polls showing 
Americans, as a whole, overwhelmingly disapprove of the agreement by a 
similar count, and they have every right to.
  What we have learned about this deal is that it does not go far 
enough to achieve its ultimate goal, to prevent Iran from getting a 
nuclear weapon. In fact, it would allow just that when it sunsets.
  In the meantime, ``anytime, anywhere'' inspections of Iranian nuclear 
sites were neutralized to provide up to 24 days' notice prior to any 
inspection.
  In addition, this deal precipitates a nuclear arms race in the Middle 
East, a reality we are already seeing, as nations like Egypt, Jordan, 
and Saudi Arabia have already begun building up their nuclear 
infrastructure in response.
  The hundreds of billions of dollars in sanctions relief provided by 
this deal will no doubt be used to further fund Tehran's state 
sponsorship of terror.
  A nation that has a nine-figure line item in the budget to support 
terrorism, like attacks that devastated our Nation on September 11, 
2001, is hard to trust.
  Unfortunately, what we have is a bad deal, one that makes an already 
volatile, unstable Middle East less safe, clears the way for a nuclear 
Iran, and gravely endangers allies like Israel.
  I urge my colleagues to disapprove it.

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