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




                           IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL

  (Mr. CRAWFORD asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. CRAWFORD. Mr. Speaker, ever since the Iranian agreement's 
completion, its proponents have insisted that the deal is based on 
verification, not on trust. That is because Iran is not a country that 
can be trusted, evidenced by their funding of terror, detention of 
American citizens, and past attempts of secretive nuclear armament.
  However, as details are continuing to be revealed, it is clear that 
negotiations were, in fact, based on trust. The verification this 
agreement hinges upon has been entrusted to the Iranians themselves, 
while objective inspections of their facilities can be delayed for 
weeks and weeks at a time. To top it all off, Congress still doesn't 
have access to the agreement in its entirely.
  It is entirely naive for supporters of this agreement to trust an 
unstable, hostile theocracy to self-certify on nuclear weapons when the 
Federal Government doesn't even trust our own American citizens, 
farmers and ranchers, to self-certify on farm fuel storage.
  I strongly encourage all attempts to disarm Iran, but the Ayatollah's 
aggressive actions and statements against the U.S. and our allies, 
particularly Israel, have shattered their credibility in the 
international community. And the President's threat to veto alterations 
to his deal confirms his personal commitment to his own legacy rather 
than the concerns of the American people and our closest allies.
  Congress cannot accept the terms of this agreement which empower an 
untrustworthy and hostile nation in an already dangerously unstable 
region.

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