deutch. we are pleased to be joined by senator lieberman represented connecticut for 24 years chairman of the homeland security and governmental affairs committee. he is currently cochair of the enron task force and foundation for defense of democracies and he is senior counsel castle west bend centaurus and friedman in new york. general michael hayden as the former director for the central intelligence agency, previously serving in multiple and other leadership positions including director of the national security agency and the principal deputy director of national intelligence. ambassador nick burns is a professor of diplomacy and international relations at the harvard community suffer government. he served for 27 years during which time he served as under secretary of state for political affairs and ambassador to multiples. dr. ray is senior fellow at the council on foreign relations. he was previously a senior adviser at the state department. he has authored two books on iran. without ob

we have one final follow-up from congressman deutch for ambassador purnz. >> thank you, chairman. ambassador burns, i want to follow up on that last point. since there's -- it's a very big agreement we're going to be sorting through. but your assessment is that all of the sanctions on the irgc are being lifted as part of this. i just want to make sure i understood correctly what you said. >> and my response to mr. de san tis' question i said the framework of this agreement is many of the sanctions passed under varying authorities security council, are being lifted as part of the overall agreement. it's a lot of -- it's a -- there are multiple types of sanctions in here. that was my answer. >> okay. i appreciate that. i yield back. thanks, mr. chairman. >> thank you. as we conclude, i want to thank each of you for being here today. your insight has been very helpful. we're certainly concerned for the security of the american families. and you have expressed that. and you can see it's bipartisan the level of concern and participation. i'm very, very grateful for everyone participati

ted deutch of florida. mr. deutsch: first of all, i want to thank the witnesses for a really thoughtful presentation. i hope it has set an important tone for a meaningful, serious condition for the crucial vote. -- discussion for the crucial vote. my question about access, mr. chairman, and i appreciate exchange that just a place. ambassador burns, i would like to ask you. you gave an excellent presentation on what our negotiators were able to accomplish and the trade-off they needed to make. the skepticism you have about the agreement, i want to focus on one in particular. the goal in all of this, the goal of diplomacy, in reaching a deployment -- diplomatic solution, is to avoid military intervention. what i am trying to grapple with as we look at this, as we get into the details of this agreement, is what that looks like over time. and initially, you said it is really important that at the same time we move forward with his nuclear issue we pushed back against iranians in the middle east. you detailed the ma

deutch, ms. granger and mrs. lowey. with that mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from florida yields back her time. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 907, as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana seek recognition? >> madam speaker, i move to suspend the rules and concur in the senate amendment to h.r. 91 the veteran's i.d. card act. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 91, an act to amend title 38, united states code, to direct the secretary of veterans affairs to issue, upon request, veteran identification cards to certain veterans. senate amendment. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from louisiana, mr. abraham, and the gentleman from californ