madam president, this isn't a perfect deal. but no diplomatic agreement ever is. peace, as the great israeli leader, yitzhak rabin, told us, is never easy. but history almost always judges that it's worthwhile. thank you, madam president. i yield the floor. and i would note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call:

the presiding officer: the senator from louisiana. mr. vitter: madam president, i ask unanimous consent to vitiate the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. vitter: thank you, madam president. madam president, i rise to urge all of our colleagues, republicans and democrats, to

strongly oppose the proposed nuclear deal with iran and to effectively block it for the sake of our country and our national security, by supporting the motion of disapproval on the senate floor. madam president, i've served in the senate and the house for about 15 years. it's been an enormous honor and a serious responsibility and i've taken it very seriously. when i think through all of that service, all of the votes we've cast, all of the debates we've had, i cannot think of any more serious than the issue we're debating and voting on here, the iran nuclear deal. maybe there are a few that rank in a similar way after 9/11, starting that effort to root out terrorists and to oppose those who inflicted massive death in

our country. but there's none that's more important and more significant. because this deal, this issue goes to the fundamental security of americans, our future. are we going to be free from the threat of attack with nuclear weapons by a wildly radical and unstable regime? it doesn't get more basic, more serious than that. and so, madam president, the first point i want to make is, this is a dead-serious issue because the consequences do involve life or death, massive numbers of lives or deaths. and so if there is any, any, debate, any vote that should be completely devoid of partisan political considerations, it's this one. and i urge all of our colleagues on both sides of the aisle,

leave the partisanship at the door. this is way more important than that. i would hope that would be obvious. with that in mind, it's troubling that president obama has tried to make this a partisan debate. he's actively, obviously sought to inflict partisanship into it i think simply because that's the way he thinks he can hold enough democratic votes on his side. i think that's really a shame and i hope everyone proves him wrong in terms of the nature of the debate and vote we have in this important body. madam president, when you look at the agreement -- at the specifics of the agreement -- i won't go into all the weaves, i could spend days alone on that,

but i do want to focus on two key considerations that are absolutely top in my mind. the first is the very premise and outcome of the agreement, because we have gone from a negotiation that was supposed to be about preventing iran from ever developing nuclear weapons to a discussion of when they're going to do it. we have gone from "if" to "when." and this agreement ensures that they will have the ability to get there, even if they live under the full terms of the agreement, and obviously there is a concern which i'll get to in my second point that they won't. this puts our nuclear nonproliferation policy, including the nonproliferation treaty, which has been the cornerstone of our policy regarding the proliferation of nuclear weapons and particularly in the middle east for 45 years,

this throws it out the window. this puts it on its head. with this agreement, the u.s. has agreed that the -- at the end of the time line, iran has full authority to enrich uranium , will be completely within its rights to do so with no fear of economic or political repercussions by the major powers. full authority for them to go against 45 years of standing nonproliferation policy. so what started as strong action, including meaningful sanctions that were having an impact to make sure iran never got nuclear weapons, now concedes that they'll get there and is simply a debate about when. that is at the core of this agreement and that is at the core of the reason we all must say "no" and pass the motion of disapproval. and if there is any region of

the world where we need to maintain this tough nonproliferation policy, it's the middle east. this agreement obliterates that and iran won't be the only new nuclear power over time. there will be a race among middle eastern countries to develop nuclear weapons because iran is going to get one. and that is inevitable, in my mind. madam president, the second major point i want to make, the second major issue is verification, our ability under the agreement to see that iran lives by it. now, first, as i say, even under the agreement, we're conceding their ability to develop nuclear weapons. that's absolutely wrong. but then within the agreement, we also have nothing near the tools and the assurances we need with regard to verification

every step of the way. iran has proved over and over and over that they will violate these sorts of agreements, that they will lie. international agencies have caught them in those lies, including the iaea, and that agency and others have noted the difficulty of verification in dealing with iran. and then we get to this agreement which makes that difficulty move from "significant" to "monumental." now, there are lots of details we could look at but the single-most telling is the detail that is in a side agreement between iran and the iaea that we're not allowed to read. we're having this debate. we have to vote on this motion of disapproval and yet we're not allowed to read this critical side agreement which goes to the

heart of the ability of the world to verify compliance. i brought this fairly basic issue up a few weeks ago when wendy sherman, under secretary of state for political affairs, testified before our committee on banking and urban affairs. i asked her point-blank, this side agreement between the iaea and iran, have you read it? she answered "yes." i'll be honest with you, madam president, i'm not certain if that's true but she answered "yes." then i asked her, "am i," as a representative of the people of louisiana, "allowed to read that agreement?" she answered through nonresponses, no. i asked her, do you have to vote on this agreement in your responsibility? "no." but i do, correct, many issue

sherman? "yes." but i don't get to ride this critical side agreement with regard to verification that goes to the heart of our ability to make sure iran is even following these rules, as lax as they are? and again through her nonanswer, the answer was clear, no. i don't get it read it. you don't get to read it. nobody in the united states senate who's voting on this gets to read it. nobody in the united states house of representatives who's voting on this gets to read it. forget about any slight on you and me and others personally, it's not about that. we're here to represent the people. i'm here to represent the people of louisiana and i can't read what we're voting on? that's absolutely ridiculous. and then to add insult to injury come press reports about what we're not allowed to read.

and, of course, madam president, the most significant were the press reports from several weeks ago from the a.p. saying that this side agreement had an extremely unusual provision with regard to inspections at at least one of iran's most sensitive military facilities. "the" biggest concern we have probably in all of iran. and in at least that most sensitive military facility -- and perhaps others -- iran gets to collect the samples, iran gets to choose and control those who do. the iaea, the international community, america does not and is not allowed on site. now, madam president, that -- that just doesn't pass, i would say, the laugh test but it's a very serious matter.

that's like someone like alex rodriguez collecting his own urine and mailing it in. that doesn't work at a basic level and yet that, according to very credible reports, is in this side agreement that, oh, by the way, we're not allowed to read. madam president, for all of these reasons, for our security, for our kids' future, for freedom around the world, for israel's security, for nonproliferation in the middle east, so that we don't have an explosive middle eastern nuclear arms race, we must pass this motion of disapproval. and again, this is way beyond politics. this is about our physical security, our kids' and grandkids' future. we must all come together, look

at the substance of this, do the right thing. that certainly involves invoking cloture on this motion so we go to a final vote. and i believe it clearly involves passing this motion of disapproval. i urge all of our colleagues to do exactly that. thank you, madam president. i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call:

a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from new hampshire. mrs. shaheen: madam president, i ask that the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. shaheen: i ask unanimous consent that amend mcdonald, a state department in my office, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of this session. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. shaheen: thank you.

madam president, like i think virtually all of the members of this body, i believe we must prevent iran from developing a nuclear weapon because of that, i support the international agreement that the senate is debating this week because i am convinced that it is the best way to achieve that objective. we can stop iran's nuclear weapons program in one of two ways. either diplomatically or militarily. powerful international sanctions which i have strongly supported have brought iran to the negotiating table, and on july july 14, the united states, the united kingdom, france, russia, china, and the european union, the so-called p-5 plus 1 powers, concluded an agreement with iran that if it is implemented as it was agreed

to, promises a peaceful solution. as the, the u.s. has had time to review the agreement. now, i have spent hours and hours studying the agreement's text and scrutinizing the intelligence agency's assessment of their ability to verify compliance. as a member of both the foreign relations and armed services committees, i have attended more than a dozen hearings and briefings with the administration officials, experts, both for and against the agreement. and in the end i have concluded that this agreement effectively blocks iran's pathways to develop a nuclear weapon for well over a decade. right now, what we heard from testimony from both those people who support and oppose the

agreement is that iran can acquire enough fissile material to make a bomb in three months. now, agreement extends this time to at least a year by slashing iran's spock tile of uranium -- stock file of uranium and 3.6% which is below weapons grade for 15 years. the agreement also reduces iran's number of centrifuges, and uranium mines for a quarter of a century. these are just some of the many restrictions the agreement imposed on iran. in addition, iran is bound by the nonproliferation free tradey

to not pursue nuclear weapons and as part of that agreement to permit access by inspectors to any suspected sites. of critical importance, the iran agreement is not based on trust. none of us trust iran. but it's based on an inspections regime that is more rigorous and more intrusive than any previous negotiated agreement. nuclear experts are confident we will be able to detect violations by iran, and thanks to language in the agreement that allows the u.s. to respond unilaterally to a violation by reimposing u.s. and u.n. sanctions, iran knows that it faces crippling consequences if it violates the agreement. now, if congress rejects the joint comprehensive plan of action, the iran agreement, all of these advantages go away.

the risk of an iranian breakout and regional arms race will increase dramatically. we will have nothing other than a military option for stopping iran's program. i respect my colleagues who oppose this agreement, and i have listened carefully to their arguments. some of them assert that iran will find a way to cheat and therefore no diplomatic resolution is possible. however, most opponents are careful to avoid talk of military conflict and argue that we can reject this deal and we can rally the world to imowes harsher sanctions and iran will eventually cap illustrate. unfortunately, sadly, that premise is at odds with the facts as they currently exist. our negotiating partners in this

world, britain, france, china, russia, the european union, have concluded it's a fair agreement. in a briefing last month, these ambassadors told us in no uncertain terms there will be no going back to the table if congress rejects this agreement. if the deal is rejected, the most likely outcome is that international sanctions regime against iran will unravel. the u.s. will be isolated and would lose credibility as a reliable negotiating partner. so yes, we would retain the ability to act unilaterally but unilateral sanctions have their limits, as we've heard in this body. and our military commanders counsel us that even a robust military action would delay but it would not prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon because they already have the

nuclear know-how. this agreement is not about becoming friends with iran or turning a blind eye to its efforts to destabilize the middle east. in fact, we must redouble our efforts to help our allies, and reduce its malign influence in the region. in particular our alliance with school zoo must remain unshakeable and sanctions against iran for terrorism and violations of human rights. now, while there are risks to whatever course we take with respect to iran, i believe that the choice is clear. either we recognize that this is the best option available or we chase some fantasy agreement on our own as international sanctions collapse, iran's nuclear program continues unchecked and our options for

checking it are narrowed. i'm convinced our agreement negotiated is the least like -- most likely to succeed. as i said last month in new hampshire, i intend to vote to support this deal. thank you, madam president. i yield the floor. and note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll.

mr. kirk: i ask unanimous consent to vitiate the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. kirk: madam president -- the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. kirk: many fear the pending votes, feel that it could deliver a blow. have no fear. no matter what, we will always have a capable majority of americans who support the freedom and democratic tolerance in israel. no matter what the iranians could, america's commitment will remain strong to that city on the hill in jerusalem. it can thrive halloween in a place as hostile as the middle east. i represent many people who survived the holocaust. their spirit is within the state

of illinois, they pervasive over the time. that spirit unites a free and tolerant people of the united states and israel that will prevail no matter what. thank you. i yield back. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands in recess until 2:15 p.m. recess:presiding officer: withot

objection. mr. cruz: mr. president, let's start out with a little simple start out with a little simple >> mr. president, let's start out with a little simple math. 58-42 is not a big jury for the

side of 42. even in the case of obamacare, truly disastrous piece of legislation, which was forced to the congress on purely partisan lines, that legislation received a majority. this isn't even close because not only has the republican caucus held firm and unanimously rejected this catastrophic deal, but we've also been joined by colleagues across the aisle who are not landed by partisan politics and understand the threat that is posed by president obama's proposed nuclear deal with iran. i want to take a moment to acknowledge them as they are among those who know best how bad this deal is. first, senator chuck schumer of new york who has been a longtime

advocate for the state of israel. it is no secret senator schumer and i have had our disagreements on a great many issues, but i've been practicing with him for israel and against this iranian nuclear deal. i was proud to stand with senator schumer when congress voted unanimously on the legislation i introduced to ban a note terrace, who participated in 1979 iranian hostage taking from becoming iran's ambassador. to the united nations. senator bob menendez of new jersey, former chairman of the foreign relations committee has likewise come out against a catastrophic deal. senator menendez and i have worked on a wide range of issues, including legislation to provide a reward for justice reward of $5 million last summer for the capture or kill of the hamas terrorist who murdered israeli american teenager vitali

frenkel and his two teenage friends. senator ben cardin of maryland, ranking member of the foreign relations committee whose name is on the legislation for which we are scheduled to vote this week, certainly senator cardin knows as much about the deal if anyone in his opposition should make all the senators, particularly democratic senators take note. senator joe mention of west virginia, my colleague on the senate armed services committee who understands the threats to national security posed by this iranian nuclear deal. i was honored to work with senator manchin and have his support for the resolution i supported condemning the use of human shields during israel's action in the last summer, a disgusting terrorist type take it with aided and abetted by hamas' iranian sponsors.

democrats should take note that the ranking member of the foreign relations committee, and the democrats scheduled to be the next democratic leader have all come out and guided national security above partisan. that's because every other democratic member of this body should take a second assessment of their own decisions. i also went to mention vendor chris cairns of connecticut we've been though he plans unfortunately to vote in favor of this deal maintains that it should go to a vote cannot go into effect by default because the minority can block cloture through a filibuster. in these dark times, it is at least encouraging to know there is still a handful of democrats who in the tradition of scoop jackson and jfk and joe lieberman are willing to put country and from a party come

are willing to defend national security. that used to be a robust tradition on the democratic side of the aisle. i wish there were more scoop jackson democrats in the united states, more jfk democrats united states senate. more joe lieberman democrats in the united states senate. it is also telling not a single republican was persuaded by the president and secretary of state when they have told us this is the only option, that it is this deal, this catastrophic deal for war in the very best deal we could have gotten. if that is so, we shouldn't have been negotiating in the first place. indeed, israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu noted the one person telling the truth is iran's president rouhani was

gotten everything they wanted from this deal. because this deal is as prime minister netanyahu predict it, a very, very bad deal and an historic mistake. first and foremost, this deal will not stop its really anti-and anti-israeli regime from getting a nuclear bomb. the so-called supreme law leader, ayatollah khamenei declared that israel, which he calls the little, would be nothing in 25 years and those 25 years would be made miserable because of the heroic attacks of radical islamic jihadists. america he said was the great state. mr. president, he didn't say this in 1979.

key tweeted it yesterday. this is is ayatollah khamenei, within the administration is making a deal that facilitates is having nuclear weapons. he has been candid. he is telling us he intends to do everything possible to murder as many americans as possible. president obama studio if it goes her will allow khamenei and his fellow mullah to obtain centrifuges to have established their quote, right to an rich, uranium. they have rejected attempts to inspect their sites with possible military dimensions related to their nuclear program. indeed, this deal is about any credible inspection mechanism. not long ago the administration is promising the american people so called anytime, anywhere

inspections. those inspections quickly morphed into inspections at 24 days of being noticed, plenty time to ensure the inspections will never uncover the cheating, but even more laughable, even more farcical, this deal doesn't rely on international inspect yours. this deal trust the iranians to inspect themselves. it is not much of an exaggeration to say the action regime envisioned in this deal is picking up the phone and piling ayatollah khomeini and ask if you are developing nuclear weapons. no. very good, thank you. that is a machine designed to facilitate cheating, to facilitate surreptitious development of nuclear weapons with $150 billion to feel and fund the development. the imac, the deal obligates

signatories to assist iran in developing their program, which remarkably the secretary of state suggests will be used to try to cure their and even more remarkably, obligates signatories to assist iran and defend and against efforts by the nation of israel to stop the nuclear weapons regime. that is a remarkable commitment that democrats have signed on to. in addition the terrible deal makes concessions to have been unrelated to the nuclear program. for example, it provides sanctions relief. for designated terrorists like general sola mohney, head of the iranian revolutionary guard, the elite quds forces who should

have no association with the new year program with the letter. iran and the iranian regime maintain than it their program is not a military program, then why is the military general covered in this agreement. this man who has blood on his hands from the ieds piece on out into iraq that are heard and maimed hundreds of american servicemen and women and even while iranians get relief, four americans were cruelly excluded from this deal. pastor cited a bikini, an american citizen imprisoned for eight years for the crime of preaching the gospel. former marine and near hank mohney. washington "washington post" reporter and bob levin. it is a disgrace in our nation that we agree to any deal with tehran before they were

liberated. finally, the terrible deal provides iran with some $150 billion in economic relief which will inevitably be used to finance the violent terrorist mayhem that has been a signature of the islamic republic since the 1979 resolution. it will in effect make the united states government the leading international finance the air of terrorists. we haven't even voted yet on the ceiling mirror to see consequences play out in real time. in your iranian officials including sola mohney is technically under a u.n. travel ban had traveled to moscow to make arms deal that will flow to iran privacies from yemen to gaza to lebanon and syria. syrian dictator bashar assad has an economic lifeline in the form

of the $1 billion line of credit. senior iranian officials have announced they will redouble support for hamas because they quote reject the existence of any israeli on this earth. do you want to understand who we are dealing with, that clarifies what their intent is. in other words, the leading state sponsor of terrorism, iran, just got a $150 billion windfall courtesy of united dates government. the grim consequences of the committee can be seen on our tv screens as we witnessed hundreds of thousands of panicked refugees fleeing out of places where iran's proxies are active. of course they exist and its affiliates bear significant responsibility for this crisis, but make no mistake about it. tehran's bloody fingerprints all over it as well from the who

these -- houthis to make life from north africa to the middle east utterly unbearable. they are murdering christians and eyes who do not embrace their radical jihadist read. this isn't hard. that is why president obama has only been able to persuade a minority of their duly elected representatives to support it. it is my secretary carry frankly admitted they didn't try to submit their deal is a treaty which they should done. they prefer to jam it through by default or by a presidential veto, anything to get what they believe will be a domestic little: to see. how typical it is for the washington cartel that one third of one house of congress is trying to force the catastrophic deal in our country.

and yet, even in the face of 42 democrats making a decision to value partisan loyalty over the national security of our country, over santa what their friend and ally, the nation of israel and protect the lives of millions of americans, even in the face of that, there is still serious steps we can take right now. there are two individuals in washington d.c. with the capacity still to stop this deal. their names are majority leader mitch mcconnell and speaker of the house john boehner. corker cardin was unfortunately a very weak piece of review legislation, but it did have one small bit of ethernet that are to be used. the review.

does not start until the administration is the entirety of the deal to congress. the entirety is to include any and all side deals. this deal has at least two sides deals. with the iaea concerning inspections it is a laughable inspection regime that trust the iranians during act themselves. as ideals have not been submitted to congress under the terms of corker cardin, the review period has not started and does not start until the entire deal submitted to congress and the president cannot lift sanctions until the new period expires. so therefore i call upon leadership of my party, leader mcconnell, speaker boehner, simply enforce the terms of corker-cardin the administration has not been a good deal accordingly.

we should not be voting on the resolution of disapproval because the corker-cardin clock never started an under corker-cardin come until the clock starts the sanctions can't be lifted. republicans in this body should not be facilitating this president yet again disregarding the law and doing well in contravention at the national security interest of this country. two final observations. if and when we vote on this deal, for every member of this body, i agree with my former colleague, former senator joe lieberman who said this may well be the most vote and a senator casting his or her career. i am for every democrat is come out in support of this deal. search your conscience.

you can make a choice other than standing with their own party. you can end up to your own party. trust me, i've done it myself. it is not the end of the world. i am for every democrat go home and pray. go home and ask yourself how you a look in the eyes of the mother or father whose son was on the bed by an arabian ied that came directly from general substitute that your son or daughter's life didn't matter to me that i was going to report their murderer. i can tell you that is not a conversation i would ever like to have. i ask every democrat who said they support the steel to ask yourself the question. asked the question how you'll look in the eyes of the mothers and fathers and sons and

daughters of those who will be murdered by hamas, by hezbollah, by the houthis, islamic terrorists across the globe with the over $100 billion this deal gives them. osama bin laden murdered nearly 3000 people on september 11, 2001. bin laden never had $100 billion at his disposal. this deal gives people every bit as evil, every bit as can zoom with bilious hatred of our resources billions of dollars and if the deal goes through a note to an absolute certainty americans will be murdered, israelis will be murdered. europeans will be murdered. and i ask every democratic member of this body to think before you cast about how you'll look in the eyes of the children of those murdered by terrorists who use the billions that this deal gives them to kill them.

that is bloody can't wash your hands. when you knowingly and willingly signed billions of dollars to jihad to clear their intention to murder us, there is no x is you can hide behind when they carry through on the attention using billions of dollars to give an m. -- and given them. if iran ever acquires a nuclear weapon, the author exceptionally high they would use a nuclear weapon above our friend and ally, for every democrat who maintained he or she is a end of israel, you need to be prepared to ask lane and you facilitated a day that could see a nuclear warhead that meeting over tel aviv, murdering millions when prime minister netanyahu spoke to a joint session of congress

saipan alighted with the nobel laureate who survived the holocaust and said never again means never again. the one threat that could kill 6 million jewish again is a nuclear brand. the single most dangerous than iran could do with a nuclear weapon is entrepreneurship in the atlantic into the atmosphere of that off defaults that would take down the electrical grid could kill tens of millions of americans to every democrat, listen to those voices and finally come if democrats refuse to better national security interests first, it will be incumbent on the next president to undo the damage and any competent commander-in-chief should be prepared on the first day, january 20, 27 teen to rip to shreds the catastrophic iranian deal and make clear to the ayatollah khomeini and never

jihadist been under no circumstances will the nation of iran, led by a theocratic ayatollah who chant death to america, under no circumstances will iran be allowed to acquire nuclear weapons. thank you. >> mr. president. how much side is remaining on the democratic side? >> 36 minutes. >> how much on the other side? 41 minutes. >> thank you and i would like to respond very briefly before responding to senator nelson of florida. i would say to the junior senator from texas, i hope you listened carefully last sunday when general colin powell, former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, a man who risked his life and battled for america, a man who served as secretary of state under george w. bush came forward and adores

the agreement proposed before the senate. to suggest general powell and so many others are not aware of the security aspects of this agreement, i don't believe is a fair characterization. general powell and others in her stand better than i can, better than senator teck says what it means to say security issues. what he said i would like to quote. he said with respect to iranians, don't trust him and never trust and always verify. so he comes to his inclusion support and the agreement with the same degree of skepticism many do. i would not discount them at the david is catalogued by the junior senator from texas when it comes to iran. if you think those are terrible, imagine iran with a nuclear weapon. that is what is at stake in this

debate. iran has capacity to build nuclear weapons and we want to stop them and put them in place. when you lift the lid me of horrors coming out of five men activities, imagine those with the new air weapon and our goal is to stop development. >> mr. president. >> senator from florida. >> mr. president, i will vote for the joint agreement. i want the senate and my colleagues from florida to understand. i gave a lengthy speech as to why i would support that some five weeks ago in the early part of august before we adjourn and

indeed, i like most every other senator here feel that this is one of the most important vote that we will cast. i bring to the table he attempted inside given the fact is six years been a member of the intelligence committee and now having the privilege of being a senior member of the senate armed services committee. mr. president, the question is for this agreement is to prevent iran from having a nuclear bomb. that is the essential question. does this agreement do that? this is not an agreement to stop bad behavior of iran, which of

course i wish we could. this is not a question of whether or not we are going to get iran to suddenly change its attitude about his rail, which i wish we could. this is a question of preventing iran from building on producing a nuclear bomb. i believe this agreement does that and i believe it does it to declare site and they featured cheating at a covert site. now there are three declared site. those are going to be completely dismantled. the whole program is going to be

dismantled. this is misunderstood when you talk about their centrifuges of which they have the generation of centrifuge that is very modernized and all of those are going to be cut in a third arm approximately 19,000 they are all going to be first generation , which is the modernized centrifuges to. that is one thing. but also, they got 12,000 kilograms of enriched uranium. you know how much that is? that is over at their teen times to put it in the link go but americans understand. that is going to be reduced under this agreement by 98% to

300 kilograms. in other words, less than one fifth to make a bomb. and by the way, that enriched uranium is going to be cut down not to 90% to build a bomb, but 3.67% enriched uranium. also, going forward we are going to have the inspection from cradle to grave from the very uranium mine but they take up the uranium rocks to the process in which is crushing it into the yellowcake. constant surveillance of all of

this. take in the yellowcake, making into a gas, put in that gas into centrifuges and spinning it said the uranium comes out of the gas in more concentrated forms and in the cascade of these centrifuges, then bringing it down to the enriched uranium in order to make a bomb. the same thing with plutonium. and the one declared site, they are going to fill it up with concrete and all the existing plutonium is going to be shipped out of the country and i hope we have lots of pictures of dad as they do this. by the way, as they shut down this program, talking about this

money that is held and the banks of five foreign countries that is the uranium oil money that they will eventually get. you hear all these figures, 150, 100. when you subtract out the iranian obligations, then not amount is still a lot of money. it is fixed really dollars. but they don't get that until they do all of this. and when is that going to be? probably a year from now, before they would ever get the money that is held in the banks of japan, south korea, china, india and taiwan, banks that are in

countries that need oil ,-com,-com ma that want iranian oil, especially if i ran in the future sells them oil at discounted prices, you think those banks, those countries will keep the money if we walked away from this deal? the sanctions are going to dissipate. the money will flow. thank goodness because the joint agreement, that money is not going to flow probably a year from now until they've done all of these things that are required in the agreement of dismantling their program. so what this agreement does is vastly reduces their ability to produce a bomb and must they cheat. let's talk about that.

now i said from the very beginning and this is part of nice reach back five, six weeks ago was president reagan's dead trust but verify in dealing with the soviet union. i say don't trust but verify. so the whole point is that we think they are going to cheat, and i can tell you this senator thinks they are going to try to cheat although i think they clearly are going to comply with this and the preamble of the agreement says that it is understood that iran will never have a nuclear weapon, never ever, but some elements of the society. can we catch them?

well, i think we clearly will. first of all, we will have a lot more and i into the nuclear program than we do now. and by the way, we've got a vast intelligent network out there along with our allies that will penetrate. but on top of that, other than the three declared site of iraq, and at times and forgo, which will all be dismantled and the reductions of what i just mentioned and have immediate access to those sites. any other site that we suspect, we say we want to inspect the max that they can rope a dope

bust is 24 days. so if they are trying to cheat, could they do a nuclear detonator? probably. but can they build a bomb? the answer is no. why is it now without us knowing? because when the site is suspect dead and we go in and have the inspection, you could not hide energized enriched uranium or plutonium. the half-life of this stuff is thousands of years. you can't paint over it. you can't asphalt over it. we will find it because the radioactivity will be there. and if they cheat, what happens? the fact that we have caused

them to reduce all of these things that mentioned, that means we have a year and a dance to deal with it, whether it's a military strike, whether it's the sanctions going back into place and by the way, this thing is structured. united nation sanctions go right back into place. you say how in the world can you do that because the u.n. security council, any one of those countries such as china or russia could object now, that is not how this deal is structured, with the united states saying the sanctions go back by ourselves if they have cheated, those economic sanctions of the p5+1, who are they? u.k., france, germany, china,

russia, united states? six. the sanctions go back into place. so we are going to have a year advance if they are cheating. compare that, please if we walked away from the deal today. they can have a nuclear bomb within a few and the sanctions of our allies are going to dissipate because they have all told us that they'll dissipate if in fact we walk away from the deal. so i will conclude with this. if this senator knows we are in a situation and if we reject the deal that iran is going to have a nuclear bomb in a few months

as opposed to any prospect in the future of them having a nuclear bomb with a, having a tiered band, but the likelihood that it's 10, 15, 20, 25 years, the senator feels that the world is going to be a different place in 15 to 20 years and not for the protection of the interest of the united states and our allies right now and our allies include our strong ally israel that it is important that iran not have a nuclear weapon that we are dealing with an iran that does not have a nuclear weapon in the immediate future and

instead that we penetrate their society was much better understanding with them not having the capability of a nuclear weapon until years and years in the future. for all of those reasons and you can tell, mr. president, this is right out of my heart. it is coming from here. it is not some great read speech for all of those reasons. it is the interest of the united states this senator will vote to support the deal. i yield. >> be a reindeer will continue when the senate returns from party lunches at 2:15 eastern on feeds and two. where live on the national mall for people opposed to the iran agreement and presidential candidate donald trump.

>> the obama not for qualcomm forever. i've never seen pressure like this from the white house anytime anywhere. i've been told by members that were told there won't be money for districts of the vote against this. no national money for your campaign. you this important positions on committees and we will investigate fund raising and mrs. mafia and chicago politics at its worst. finally, why is president obama doing this? why is he aiding and abetting america's most dangerous enemy the islamic republic of iran. let's briefly examine his record to determine what evidence requires us to believe. for 20 years obama attended jeremiah wright's anti-israel

church and caught them a great band of our mentor. they refused to attend and refuses to use the term of islamic terrorism. they are legitimate concern. he has criticized iran to criticize israel regularly. if you want to get rid of mubarak and refuse to get rid of the leaders of iran. therefore the evidence requires to conclude president barack obama is sympathetic to radical islam. i will end by saying this deal shows president obama wants to make a run while senator cruz, rubio and trump and others want to make america great again. a large minority of politicians have announced their supporting of the pro-islamist deal.

politicians can change their mind. people change their mind. bustamante politicians change their mind once again. you all a great american patriots. you all of america, love freedom, love liberty. we will fight to save america, save the world from this iranian tragedy. her heart, soul and night. with the help of an almighty god we prevail. thank you so very, very much. >> next, imagine economic freedom, congressman dave brown. >> how many people want to make this country great again? honor to be with you here today. a few brief remarks in this iran deal. the bible says you will know them by their fruit.

the chief executive of this country is making a deal with iran, the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism and will provide a legal pathway in about 12 to 14 years to a nuclear weapon. they will also give them icbm weapons within 12 years with $150 billion to the world's leading state sponsor terrorism and 500 billion over the next decade. that is the world your kids will live in. their goal is to strike terror into the hearts of your children. you will know them by their fruits. the united states goal is to give children a bright future in agreeing to the iran deal, are we producing greatness or weakness? how is our economy doing lately? strong or weak? how were we viewed the

adversaries, strong or weak. how is our current foreign policy going? strong or weak. how is our national security and security of our border lately? strong or weak. how is the leadership of the political class in washington d.c., strong or weak. the situation we are written right now is a product of weak leadership. leadership in washington is ignoring you the american people. i am dave pratt from virginia and i think i know what happens when leadership in washington does not listen to their voters. [cheers and applause] as if the budget process last year and again this year, we now

find ourselves in the last-minute making split decisions on huge issues that affect the very destiny of this nation. we need to stop this deal right now. a few weeks back i voted against corker-cardin as it did not follow the constitution. today the senate should be voting up or down on a treaty. leadership rather than that mathematically only ones that can get us out. president obama has not submitted all the information inside deals linked linked to the iran deal. mitch mcconnell and john boehner -- [cheers and applause] they are going to cut me off. when they finish up.

mcconnell and boehner needs 60 days to review all the information we need to make this a great deal and get a deal that projects american exceptionalism once again. let me end on a strong note. hence, the answer is strong. but if the character of the american people standing out here today? strong. what nation future will you leave children or grandchildren? strong. what deal do you want demand with iran? tom. god bless you. god bless united states of america. thank you for letting me say a few words. god bless you. ♪ >> thank you, congressman brad. next someone who helped put the event together and active in the area of foreign policy far longer than i have. president for senior policy afraid to ask me.

>> thank you to jenny back and the tea party team and all of you representing americans across this country by the million who do not want this deal. i want to share with you an insight. there is a courageous democrat in the united states senate by the name of bob menendez when he announced he would not support this deal despite the pressure, despite the coercion, despite the prosecution, he said my name will not be on this bomb. we have here are examples of two senators whose names will be on the bomb. bill nelson, barbara boxer. but the question is, ladies and gentlemen, if the republican

leaders that the united states senate and house do not stop this deal, which they can, their names will be on the bomb. mitch mcconnell, john boehner, that must not happen. it is my distinct privilege to say as i ask each of you to think about some name, when we are all asked in the years ahead , what did we do to stop this disaster? we were here working against it and across the country millions of us are doing it. we must not rest because this will not be over in the next few days. we need your help. we need your strong support and it's a distinct privilege to introduce some of the team working with us in this fight.

some 240 retired general said that ralph has signed a letter to the united states congress, do not do this deal. one of their leaders is retired navy admiral, four-star admiral, it is lyons. he is accompanied by former special operator, retired army and three-star general, jerry blank and. and to others, retired rear admiral mimi drew, united states navy and brigadier general phil drew, united states air force. welcome to dan. god bless you. [cheers and applause] ♪ >> your presence here this

afternoon says it all. you are sending a clear message to president obama to stop this chamberlain like achievement deal with iran. the genesis for this tragedy you've got to go back to the summer of 2008 when president obama with candidate obama and according to michael ledeen he opened to the iranian yak received and not message was still do a deal with the bush administration. you get a much better deal. you will see. you will like my policies. i am your friend. they are declaring he is a

friend of the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism is mind-boggling. to me, is bordered on treason is certainly was a violation of the logan act. [cheers and applause] i have to tell you one how do we get these negotiations. in fact, what we are doing this negotiating against ourselves. we conceded all our objectives. we also conceded our national honor. but that was not enough. we had to go one and ensure iran. we would show them how to protect their facilities against the strike, sabotage and

cyberwarfare. unbelievable. but that was not enough. we then proceeded to the sanctions that led iran to acquire the most sophisticated conventional weapons which will jeopardize their position in the persian gulf. but that was not enough. we went ahead and let them proceed with the development of their intercontinental ballistic missiles as well as maintaining their missile site in venezuela. but that was not enough. we went ahead and agreed to let iran who has lied and cheated, inspect their most sensitive

military site, unbelievable. you can't make this a period this are congressionally mandated nonnuclear sanctions must remain in place. [cheers and applause] ended the 60 day clout ever does get started, congress must talk this deal. [cheers and applause] and ms. bernard lewis said, once iran gets the weapon, game over. deterrence will not work. great to be with you and god bless america.

[cheers and applause] >> thank you very much. we've got a couple of great speakers in a moment. first the executive director of veterans against the deal. please welcome michael preach in. ♪ >> inks for having me. i'm going to get rushed onstage because i've got a senator behind and then i have mr. trump behind me. we like to ask mr. trump to better names to the list. we need some money to keep these ads going. when we speak to senators, they don't know who soleimani is. he's killed over 500 americans and injured thousands. a lot of veterans out there know who he is. if a senator politician doesn't know who soleimani is, they

can't vote for this deal. if they know who he is, they won't vote for this deal. if the uniform to osama bin laden. he's the one to look at all this money be able to buy weapons and more importantly be able to travel to the middle east and north africa to continue iran's export of terrorism. that's not a good thing, is it? when members of congress are conflicted we say good. that means you know you are making the wrong decision. we have veterans going back to 79, hostages from the iran crisis. we have americans that lost their lives in buddies in iraq and americans still in harms way and afghanistan because iran continues to fund the taliban. veterans against the deal, we don't believe any though, for this deal is a safe though.

we believe we can change minds until they actually vote. we need your help doing that. iran is cheating every day. the administration has the evidence they don't want that iran is cheating every day and this administration will not do a thing the next 16 months. two great americans follow but hangs her support. >> thank you, michael preach it. the tea party patriots decided we would do an event on the west lawn of the capitol back in may and in july a special senator who's been a friend to tea party patriots since he was elected to the patriots and he invited me to speak at that meeting and i told him and the others we would do this event and wanted everyone to participate.

senator cruz has been leading the effort on this in the senate. [cheers and applause] he is a great friend to the tea party pictures. he stands for freedom in america and it is my pleasure to welcome senator ted cruz. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> .as the united states of america. [cheers and applause] what an incredible gathering here today. i want to speak to three groups

of people. i want to start by speaking to the american people. this iranian nuclear deal is catastrophic. it is the single greatest national security threat facing america. if it goes through, there will be three consequences. number one, the obama administration will become quite literally the world's leading financier of radical islamic terrorism. if it goes through over 100 leading dollars will flow directly to iran to the ayatollah company and billions of those dollars will go directly to hamas, to have blood, to the houthis, islamic terrorists across the world and those jihadist will use billions

to murder americans, murder israelis, murder europeans. the second consequence of this catastrophic field is added and as for american hostages in an iranian, including pastor saeed abu dini, a christian pastor sent in to eight years in prison for the crime of preaching the gospel, including former marine and have money including washington reporters reporter jason roseanne and including rob levinson. it is a disgrace for this administration to abandon americans in iranian's. but the third consequence of this deal going through if it does is that it will facilitate

and accelerate the nation of iran acquiring nuclear weapons. there is no greater threat to the safety and security of america. there is no greater threat to the safety and security of israel than a nuclear iran. i agree with prime minister netanyahu. [cheers and applause] at a nuclear iran poses an existential threat to the nation of israel. and let me be clear, when he says existential because i made a bunch of french men in black or raise chain-smoking. he means literally going to the very existence of israel and prime minister netanyahu addressed a joint session of congress or president obama boycotted, but vice president

biden boycotted, that every member of the cabinet boycott it and participated with ellie with all the noble laureate, the holocaust survivor. l.a. was no, the one person capable of murdering 6 million traded ivan in stand is a nuclear iran. l.a. observed never again means never again. [cheers and applause] the second group or want to address our democratic senators and democratic members of congress. right now today 42 senate democrats have come out in support of this deal. it is my hope and prayer that every one of those senate democrats reconsiders that they go home and they fall to their knees and they praise tonight. i agree with former democratic senator joe lieberman that this

vote is quite likely the most important vote that any member of congress, and a member of the senate were cast in their entire career. there was a time when there was a tradition of scoop jackson democrats, as jfk democrat, joe lieberman democrats, democrats willing to defend national security. sadly, that is becoming rarer and rarer in today's congress. to every democratic senator, they are facing a choice, do you value the safety and security of the united states of america and do you value standing with our friend and ally, the nation of israel, do you value the lives of millions of americans or do you value more party loyalty to the obama white house appeared to every democratic senator who said he or she will support the deal, consider how will you look in the eyes of the mothers and

fathers of the soldiers, hundreds of american soldiers murdered in iraq with iranian ieds that came from general soleimani. visio with sanctions on general soleimani. tell me if you are a democratic senator how you look at mom in the eyes and say i voted to put sanctions on the man who murdered your son when he was defending this nation. but beyond that, when we talk about terrorism, it is worth remembering if the deal goes through we know to absolute certainty people will die. americans will die, israelis will die,. osama bin laden never had $100 billion. he was filled with billy at hatred in using tools to murdered nearly 3000 americans on september 11, 2001.

we are not talking about giving the ayatollah khomeini theocratic homicidal maniac who hates america every bit as much as bin laden did, giving him 100 alien dollars to carry out his murderous plan. i want to ask every senate democrat, how are you look in the eyes of the matter or father or sons or daughters of those murdered by jihadist, americans blown up or shot, americans killed than israelis murdered. if you send billions of dollars were pledged to murder america, you bear direct responsibility for their murders carried out with the dollars you have given them. [cheers and applause] you cannot wash your hands of

that blood. and let me say to republican leadership. well, hold on. .. is for mitch mcconnell and john

boehner tuesday the congressional period has not started and under federal law it is illegal for obama to lift sanctions. [cheers and applause] now, this is a lawless president , so the odds are significant even if congress did that, this president would ignore the law and try to lift sections, but i want him to her to speak to the ceo and board of director of every financial institution, every bank that is holding iranian money. if this president behaved illegally, you can have that money over to a ran to let me tell you now that is not exempt you from the legal obligation to follow the law. [cheers and applause] >> any bank that listens to this president and releases billions to an international terrorist like the ayatollah will face billions of dollars in civil liability and litigation and

there will come a presidents who is not named barack obama. [cheers and applause] >> mitch mcconnell and john weiner can stop this deal if they simply enforce, if they simply enforce federal law. if iran gets a nuclear weapon, the single greatest risk is that they would take that nuclear weapon, they would put it on a ship anywhere in the atlantic and fire it up straight into the air into the atmosphere and set off what's called an emp, and electric magnetic pulse and it would take down the electrical grid on the entire eastern seaboard and kill tens of millions of americans. we can stop that. but, if senate democrats decide

that party loyalty matters more than national security, and if republican leadership decides a showboat is more important than stopping this deal, then the single most important issue in 2016, will be stopping iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. and any commander-in-chief worthy of defending this nation should be prepared to stand up on january 20, 2017, and ripped to shreds this catastrophic deal [cheers and applause] >> any commander-in-chief worthy of defending this nation should be prepared in january, 2017, to look into the eyes of the ayatollah and say under no circumstances does iran led by a

theocratic ayatollah who chance, death to america, under no circumstances will iran be allowed to acquire nuclear weapons. [cheers and applause] >> and if iran will not stop its nuclear program, we will stop it for you. [cheers and applause] >> i want to thank everyone here for this rally. i want to thank the party patriots. i want to think that pro- israel group, national security group, my friend donald trump for joining us today. [cheers and applause] i want to thank the leaders of congress who are here and i want to thank the american people. let's rise up and tell every elected official in washington, no more talk, no more

showboat's. get it done. this deal. thank you and god bless you. ♪ >> thank you, senator cruz. before i hate introduce our next guest i want to just thank all of the tea party patriots who are here today who are watching our lifestream. that helps make this event possible. thank you so much for all you do to make these events possible. thank you, tea party patriots. our next guest really doesn't need much of an introduction. businessman donald trump. ♪

♪ >> thank you very much, everyone. it's such an honor. i was called by senator cruz a few days ago and he said, do you think we can get a really good crowd out here to protest this incompetent deal and i said, boy can we get a crowd and that was three days ago and look what showed up and i went to thank you. i want to thank you. so, i haven't been doing deals for a long time. i have been making lots of wonderful deals, great deals. that's what i do. never ever, ever, in my life have i seen any transaction so incompetently negotiated as our deal with iran. and i mean never. now, ted and everyone else have gone through all of the details and we can talk about the 24 days, which is ridiculous.

we can talk about the $150 billion, which by the way they get even if the deal is not approved they get it for just going to the table. we can talk about the fact that we have four wonderful people over there and frankly they will never come back with this group and i will say this, if i win the presidency i guarantee you that those four prisoners are back in our country before i ever take office. i guarantee this. [cheers and applause] >> they will be back before i ever take office because they know that's what has to happen. they know it and if they don't know it i'm telling them right now. so, i have a story that just came out on hour ago. as president obama calls him very routinely, he calls him the supreme leader, our president is

calling the person who is really the boss and iran the supreme leader and i look at people shaking their heads. they can't believe it, but it just came out in a while ago. he says, israel will not exist in 25 years. think of that. he just said this. he also said very strongly, very very strongly that this is the end of our dealings with united states. we want nothing more to do with them. we will not do anything right here. we made this deal. if the nominal deal and we will not deal with the united states anymore and that's what he just said and this was a very short. makkah time ago. so, they rip us off. they take our money. they make us look like pools and now they are back to being who they really are. they don't want israel to survive.

they will not let israel survive with incompetent leadership like we have right now israel will not survive. then, when it's all done with a think it's all done they come out with these unbelievable nasty statements that israel won't be around in 25 years and that we have no dealings and we will have no further dealings with united states. now, the people we were negotiating with and working on the sanctions with, including and as example russia who is selling tremendous missiles to iran. in another, ballistic missiles being sold. all of these countries, all of these countries are going to do business with iran. they will make lots of money and lots of other things with iran and we will do and we will get nothing, nothing. we are led by very very stupid people. very very stupid people.

we cannot let it continue. we are a country that zero's and $19 trillion we lose everywhere. we daschle lose militarily. we can't be dices. give me a break. we can't beat anyone. our vets are being treated horribly. it will change. we will have so much winning if i get elected that you may get bored with the winning. believe me, i agree, you will never get bored with winning. we never get bored. we are going to turn this country around. we are going to start winning big on trade, militarily. we will build up our military. we will have such a strong military that nobody, nobody will mess with us. we won't have to use it. [cheers and applause]

>> i really really appreciate this terminus crowd. we are going to make america great again. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. ♪ >> thank you, donald trump. our next guest while depressed does their thing, i'm going to have you do one other thing. our next guest you know from his radio program. [cheers and applause] >> he's a friend of tea party patriots. he's a friend of the freedom movement, the liberty movement. he has written extensively about it. but you may not know is he has a

numeral and he is the editor-in-chief of conservative review. you can get information from conservative review by going to conservative review.com. just to make sure you remember that, take your phone out and issue the number 38470. again, 38470, and text within, 3470 and that will give you information what he has going on. our next guest is a friend of yours, a friend of freedom and of bread of mine, mark levin. ♪ ♪ >> thank you.

thank you for coming. except for those mouth over there. we are here to tell the world that we, the american people, reject the cowardice and surrender by our government to the genocidal terror regime and iran. [cheers and applause] >> we are here to tell the world that we, the american people, are more resolute than ever. [cheers and applause] >> we are more resolute than ever to destroy those who threaten to wage war against us, our society and our ally, israel [cheers and applause] >> this enemy makes a grave error in a confusing the appeasement of a president and a

democrat party and the capitulation of a republican congress with the strength and fortitude of the american people [cheers and applause] >> never before has a president of the united states, never before has a political party consented to funding on arming the enemy. never before has a president entered into agreements with a terrorist regime that holds americans hostages. that has killed and maimed thousands of american soldiers and that seeks nuclear weapons and icbms to attack his own country. barack obama makes chamberlain look like patton.

this phony deal allows the iranian terrorist regime to inspect its own nuclear sites, to continue uranium enrichment, to build advanced centrifuges, to perfect their icbms, to spend $150 billion on terrorism and in the end to secure nuclear warheads and as one democrat after another, one congo line of democrat after another supports this surrender it's clear that the democrats no longer represent the party of hillary-- harry truman and john f. kennedy. it's now the democrat party of bill ayres, and barack obama.

and the democrat party will have the blood on its hand as a result of this deal for the rest of time. lets me be clear, this deal sows the seeds of war. the enemy is emboldened and the enemy will be well armed and seek regional and world domination keratotomy no? they told us so. what of the republicans? the republicans, the republicans control that building behind us right now. you see that scaffolding up their? they should take some of that and use it on their dm spies. [cheers and applause] >> the republican party

particularly the leadership has abandoned the constitution and the treaty power of the united states senate. it is recklessly and deliberately avoiding any serious confrontation with a disastrous imperial president. they can stop this. they can invoke the treaty clause right now. [cheers and applause] >> they can suspended the filibuster rule and vote against lifting sanctions right now. they can stand between obama and the iranian terrorist regime and protect our nation and our allies, but they won't. gone is the party of dwight eisenhower, gone is the party of

ronald reagan. instead we get the party of mcconnell and corker and weiner. tell the republicans this is not about getting along with obama. it's about stopping obama. [cheers and applause] it's about america's interests. it's about our children and the future generation. a final word, let me warn the seventh century throwbacks who like to chant, death to america in their home country, we americans have been threatened better by better than you. [cheers and applause] >> we americans have been threatened by forces far stronger than you and we have obliterated every damn one of

them. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] >> the american people do not stir quickly. usa. >> usa. usa. usa. >> so, they can hear us interneuron, the american people do not stir quickly. but, when we do stir, you will regret it. tell of the republicans in congress it's time to step up and force the constitution and stop this fraudulent deal and god bless you and god bless america. [cheers and applause] ♪

>> thank you so much. i'm going to introduce to you someone who is going to be helping me. visit andrew linker, with the institute for liberty and he has helped with these events before and i am appreciative for him stepping up quickly to help out. i just want you to know who years because he will fill in a moment. our next speaker is penny nance with concerned women for america ♪ >> ladies, let me hear you. are you here? we are here, concerned women for america, the nation's largest women's organization and as smart women we oppose this deal. are you with us? are you with us? let me hear you. [cheers and applause] >> our ladies have come to

washington, most of them are volunteers. they let their businesses, let their children at home and they are here on the capital in the capital talking to their members of congress, talking to their senators and urging them to oppose this deal. we are with you. we are fighting this. this is about safety. we are women of faith. we are women who love our families. we are women who love our country and we can't pass up this pivotal moment in history to make our voices heard. this is an ester moment. you have got to make your voices heard. listen, i just got back from israel. i was reminded what happens when women of faith and do not speak up. i was honored to two were there holocaust museum. what would have happened if in

1933, and women of faith had stepped up and said no. what would've happened in 19-- 1934 if we had stepped up and said let them in? what would have happened? we don't know what we would've done if we had been born, but we are here now. we are speaking up for tiny israel who is threatened by this deal. do you love israel? [cheers and applause] >> lets me hears you say it. israel. israel. israel. mr. president, you may have forgotten your promises, but we have not. we will stand with israel. join us. this is a bad deal. tell him. this is a bad deal. vote no. thank you. ♪

>> well, we need to always get contact before i do this i went to say you know how i know god is on our side right now? be set-- because the sun is behind those clouds. [cheers and applause] >> thank god for that. our next speaker will give us greater context in this. he's a former director of central intelligence and went to make sure i get this correct, he is the chairman of the foundation for defense of democracy, jim woolsey. ♪ >> thank you. it's an honor to be with you today. disagreement that is being discussed is not an ordinary agreement. it's not an agreement where the two parties actually negotiate. there is quid pro quo deals here there, no. we are the subjects of an attempt to get us to submit.

iran is totally about the business of requiring submission. they do it with the dominance. they do it with money. they do it with terrorism and that they are in the process of moving to be able to do it with nuclear weapons. we have to stop this. as iran moves into having nuclear weapons and it will, i believe, within and a very short. of time it will be able to intimidate its neighbors. we will have an arms race in the middle east. in which we have four, five, six, seven countries next time around who all have nuclear weapons and the possibility of terrible destruction is imminent there in the circumstances. we have a situation in which

controls nearly 150 billion dollars provided to him by the action of our government. you know, 150 billion here, 150 billion there and before you know it it adds up to real money what is going to happen in these circumstances lacks we will find that the world is extremely dangerous from day-to-day, not, not occasionally, not sporadically, but they today. how can we do something about this? the cocoa legislation that passed last may had one terrible feature and one lucky feature. the terrible feature is that it came to president obama the ability to implement this

agreement by getting nearly one third plus one of the senate instead of the two thirds that should have been required under the constitution. but, since that happened there is also something else in the corker legislation that is a gift and if we use it we can stop this negotiation. the corker law creates a situation where you need only to be able to have 100 people in support and the music starts and i'm afraid we will have to conclude it at some other point. ♪ ♪

>> thank you very much. all the rights. that is a former governor of the virginia. jim gilmore. ♪ >> good day to you all. i am jim gilmore, the former governor of the state of virginia. now, i'm stuck post to stand up here now and say hooray, hooray get back off the stand, so i'm going to tell you more than not. the deal is bad. it stakes everything on trust that iran will change its direction. many statements have been made by the iranian radical leaders even as soon as yesterday that the deal changes nothing in their eyes. it says that america is still

the hated enemy, death to america remains their slogan even to this very day. the ideal doesn't change iran's plans for advancing their cause in the middle east. it frees them to create a nuclear weapon after a positive. it telegraphs danger to iranians neighbors and gives around money , it probably gives them missiles. it enables them to threaten israel. the deal does not create peace. it only postpones a war. now, president obama says we have no choice. well, if we have no choice it's because he has negotiated us in the no choice position. america is never in a no choice position. this is america. we remain the most powerful and influential neighbor on earth and can still use o