[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11620]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               IRAN DEAL

  (Mr. FITZPATRICK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, I have deep concerns about the 
direction the Obama administration has taken in reaching this agreement 
with Iran.
  While I support all diplomatic efforts to promote peace and 
cooperation, there is little reason to believe this deal will halt 
Iran's nuclear program or that the Iranian regime is truly committed to 
rejoining the international community.
  Even during negotiations, Iranian leaders have spewed hateful 
language toward the United States, Israel, and the Jewish people and 
have unapologetically continued their state sponsorship of terrorism.
  Next week the bipartisan Task Force to Investigate Terrorism 
Financing that I am proud to chair will take a closer look at Iran's 
role in financing terrorist groups around the world, information that I 
feel is vital to the administration, to Congress, and the American 
people when reviewing any nuclear agreement with Iran that includes 
sanctions relief.
  In the end, this announced deal is under congressional authority to 
review, and I will only support it if it meets the simple benchmark of 
forever preventing a nuclear Iran.

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