[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11429]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            A BAD DEAL FOR THE UNITED STATES AND OUR ALLIES

  (Mr. DOLD asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DOLD. Mr. Speaker, far from backing Iran's path to a nuclear 
weapon, the inherently flawed deal announced this morning preserves and 
legitimizes Iran's nuclear program. The fact that Iran is celebrating 
and that our allies are not should tell you everything that you need to 
know about this deal.
  I have read the deal. I have it right here.
  I believe that it will usher in a terrifying new era of proliferation 
in which neighboring nations feel no choice but to build nuclear 
programs of their own, while the massive sanctions relief in the deal 
will provide Iran with hundreds of billions of dollars in new funds to 
foment terrorism around the globe and prop up its proxies, like Assad 
in Syria and Hamas, to launch brutal attacks on Israel.
  The measure of success and diplomacy is not simply whether agreement 
is reached; it is whether a good agreement is achieved. Unfortunately, 
the administration arrived at this deal through a parade of concessions 
on poor issues and by straying far from the insistence that Iran's 
nuclear program be dismantled. The world is a more dangerous place 
today with this, as a result.
  Mr. Speaker, Congress can and must step forward, do the right thing, 
and reject this deal.

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