and sanctions might be forthcoming against this airline if this body were to approve adam szubin to be under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, but so far we have failed to do so. his confirmation has been blocked. i regret it. whroarnts whether or not, he's , sanctions should be imposed on this airline. mahan air relies on a host of local partners who provide financial and other sferses for- and other services for it to maintain this robust international network. taking action on mahan air will end actions by mahan a irthat are against international law, support terrorisms and the fu funneling of weapons to some terrorist groups at that can do harm to the united states as well as to our allies and partners abroad. i also want to talk about the comprehensive addiction and recovery act. hopefully we will vote today in support of it. ate great bipartisan bill. i'm privileged to have worked on it as a member of the judiciary committee, and i thank all of the members of that committee and others -- most especially senator whitehouse and senator leahy -- for incorporating p

let's confirm adam szubin and other nominees who are vital to this effort whose confirmations have been stalled too long. let's work together to crack down on mahan air and other iranian avenues and in the same spirit of collaboration that led to the nuclear agreement, let's come together to rigorously enforce the terms of the deal. thank you, mr. president. with that i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president some. the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. a senator: thank you, mr. president. thank you, senator coons. thank you for your leadership on this very important topic. and i could not agree with you more that we need to fund the iaea. we need to confirm adam szubin to the position of under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence and that our european allies must join us in sanctions against mahan air. mr. peters: the jcpoa is focused upon one clear goal, preventing iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. the fact that an agreement like this was able to be achieved at the negotiating table is a testament to the strong economic sanctions that were imposed on ira