[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13946]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                  IRAN

  (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to reject 
President Obama's Iranian nuclear deal, which would lift sanctions on 
the regime before delivering any proof that it is acting in good faith 
to curb its nuclear program.
  I continue to have concerns that this deal is dangerous and will 
simply delay Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. We should seek a 
strong deal to ensure that the current regime is never able to obtain a 
nuclear weapon.
  This is not what we have been delivered by the negotiators. Sanctions 
against the regime are the reason they came to the negotiating table. 
We should negotiate from a position of strength and not surrender to 
removing sanctions before there is proof of compliance.
  The President is attempting to sell the American public on a deal 
that provides billions of dollars that can be used to support Iran's 
clandestine activities, which will further destabilize the region. Any 
agreement must first advance our national security and the security of 
our allies.
  A clear indicator of future performance is always past performance. 
Unfortunately, Iran has a decades-long history of misrepresentation 
when it comes to its nuclear program.

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