so 1987 iranians get their start with something that came from a.q. khan. we shut them down. he went under house arrest in pakistan. we shut down his black market operation. so those are all examples where we use military or the threat of military operations to halt proliferation. the other thing that happened was in '07, -- showed up in my office. it photographs he said of israeli intelligence, photographs taken inside the nuclear reactor built by the north koreans from the syrians in the eastern city. that was '07. the israelis took it out but imagine what would've happened if they had not taken it up. outcome for now smack dab in the middle of isis territory, part of the caliphate the isis now has. another instance where we were lucky under islamist radicals did in defense of nuclear material. but it's only a matter of time. i think we're safer today than we would've been if we had not taken down saddam hussein to those who argue against it have to explain the fact that just saddam hussein around. but it was a very, very important. i think, believe in and believe that we d

cooperation enabled us to unravel the black market nuclear pr live ration network of pakistani scientist a.q. khan who sold to rogue regimes around the globe. we put him and his network out of business. there's also evidence that iranians halted a force of their program in 2003 in the aftermath of the u.s. invasion of iraq hoping to protect themselves from suffering saddam's fate. in 2007, we learned that the north koreans were build agnew clear reactor in syria's eastern desert. -- a nuclear reactor in syria's eastern desert. territory now governed by isis. when the israelis brought this information to us, president bush told them he would not take military action. the israelis decided to take action on their own. and destroyed the reactor. in each of these cases, it was either military action or the credible threat of military action that persuaded these rogue regimes to abandon their weapons programs. iran will not be convinced to abandon its program peacefully unless it knows it will face military action if it refuses to do so. that's how a serious negotiation plays out. that's how a self-resp

cooperation enabled us to unravel the black market nuclear proliferation network of pakistani scientist a.q. khano had sold nuclear equipment and technology to rogue regimes around the globe. we put khan and his network out of business. there's also evidence that the iranians halted a portion of their program in 2003 in the aftermath of the u.s. invegas -- invasion of iraq hoping to protect themselves from suffering saddam's fate. in 2007 we learned that the north koreans were building a nuclear reactor in syria's eastern desert, territory now governs by isis. when the israelis brought this information to us, president bush told them he would not take military action. the israelis decided to take action on their own and destroyed the reactor. in each of these cases, it was either military action or the credible threat of military action that persuaded these rogue regimes to abandon their weapons programs. iran will not be convinced to boon its program -- abandon its program peacefully unless it knows it will face military action if it refuses to do so. that's how a serious negotiation plays out.

desanctioned and delisted numerous individuals, people whe are fathers of iranian nuclear program, the a.q. khan of iran, delisted, desanctioned under this deal. conglomerates of companies like ico are delisted, desanctioned under this deal. a group of companies that was sanctioned in 2003, not because of nuclear-arms related issues but because of their threat to the world financial system. that conglomerate is nowan desanctioned under the terms of this deal.ted sure the united states gets to,b sanction them on our own but as we heard today, yesterday, thee, day before, sanctions that the aren't enough. and that is why we have to enter into this deal. yet we have juan sarati, sword f of damocles over iranians head snap back provisions that are apparently good enough when we do them on our own. one of the things that hasn't been talked about very much over the past several weeks is a letter that secretary kerry sent september 2nd. that was right around the same day enough votes were tolock achieved or block or sustain the president's, to sustain the par president's filibuster it. in the first par

cooperation enabled us to unravel the black market nuclear pr live ration network of pakistani scientist a.q. khan who sold to rogue regimes around the globe. we put him and his network out of business. there's also evidence that iranians halted a force of their program in 2003 in the aftermath of the u.s. envation -- u.s. invasion of iraq hoping to protect themselves from suffering saddam's fate. in 2007, we learned that the north koreans were build agnew clear reactor in syria's eastern desert. territory now governed by isis. when the israelis brought this information to us, president bush told them he would not take military action. the israelis decided to take action on their own. and destroyed reactor. in each of these cases, it was either military action or the credible threat of military action that persuaded these rogue regimes to abandon their weapons programs. iran will not be convinced to abandon its program peacefully unless it knows it will face military action if it refuses to do so. that's how a serious negotiation plays out. that's how a self-respecting power with with everything i

a.q. khan. this is a brief sample of the many people who will have adegreesal resources, access and freedom to continue their terror and nuclear weapons activity as a result of this program. we can and must get a better nuclear deal. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from north carolina seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for one inute. >> instead of working to address our job, the economy, and a responsible budget, my republic colleagues are meeting behind closed doors, scheming up plans, putting our economy and our constituents' jobs at risk. it's pastime that republicans put the needs of americans before partisan politics. american businesses that have what it takes to compete globally are being left behind because of republicans' refusal to re-authorize the export-import bank. the uncertainty placed on state a