[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5495]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            IRAN LEGISLATION

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I look forward to returning to the debate on 
the situation dealing with Iran. It is a very difficult issue. It is so 
important for the country and the world.
  I hope there can be some further negotiations when they finish these 
negotiations in June, at least something that will be received with 
popularity in the Senate. Democrats and Republicans will say: That is 
great. We are finally able to get something done. Iran now can no 
longer use nuclear weapons because we have stopped them from doing so. 
I hope we arrive at that point, but we are not there yet. I wish so 
fervently that the negotiators can arrive at some agreement in the next 
couple of months.
  We are going to move to this bill as soon as we can. I hope we can do 
it sooner rather than later.
  The debate on these amendments that the Republican leader talked 
about are very significant. As the Republican leader said, there should 
be amendments offered. If people think they can improve the bill, there 
can be amendments offered. If people think there is stuff in the bill 
they simply don't like and they don't like all of this process, let 
them offer an amendment. We need robust debate. We have to make sure 
that attention is focused on this issue and nothing else.
  I look forward to seeing what I can work out with my friend, the 
senior Senator from Kentucky, the majority leader of the Senate, to see 
when we can move to this bill.

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