[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11430]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        IRAN NUCLEAR NEGOTIATION

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, from the very beginning of the 
negotiations, President Obama and Secretary Kerry placed far too much 
faith in the Iranian regime. Trusting Iran to adhere to the terms of 
this agreement is a fool's errand.
  This deal allows Iran to continue research on advanced nuclear 
technologies. Over the course of the deal, the temporary restrictions 
on Iran's nuclear weapons program will wind down. President Obama 
admitted himself that toward the end of the agreement Iran's nuclear 
breakout time could shrink almost down to zero.
  Meanwhile, Iran will receive sanction relief, a boon of $100 billion 
in frozen assets, at the same time while chanting ``death to America'' 
and ``death to Israel.''
  The agreement lifts an arms embargo of conventional weapons in 5 
years, and they will even achieve the ability to have intercontinental 
ballistic missiles in 8 years, meaning Iran will have even more money 
and more weapons to continue to destabilize Iraq, Syria, and its 
neighbors in the Mideast and, with the advent of ICBMs, even the United 
States of America.
  Congress now has 60 days to review this plan and see if there is 
something good in it or not, but we need to be very cautious. Just to 
take any deal is not a good deal. So it is time that we be tough with 
Iran.

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