mr. suleimani is going to have a blank check to continue his activities. the world is in chaos, my friends. we are seeing nothing like we have not seen since the end of world war ii. we all know that. anybody disagrees with that? no one. why did this happened? because of the failed policies of this president and this administration. the guy that wouldn't speak up. this president would not speak up in 2009 when iranians were demonstrating in the streets of tehran and a young woman bled to death and they were chanting, obama, obama are you with us or with them? and not a word was spoken on their behalf. now we see the middle east in chaos, but we're going to treat this agreement as if it took place in some more sterile and less interesting environment. and finally, let me just say that i have seen some bad deals in my time. and and i take particular exception to the president telling the american people there are two options war or this agreement. and i can tell you before the armed services committee, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general demps

mr. suleimani is going to have a blank check to continue his activities. the world is in chaos, my friends. we are seeing nothing like we have not seen since the end of world war ii. we all know that. anybody disagrees with that? no one. what has happened? because of the failed policies of this president and this administration. the guy that wouldn't speak up. this president would not speak up in 2009 when iranians were demonstrating in the streets of tehran and a young woman bled to death and they were chanting, obama, obama are you with us or with them? and not a word was spoken on their behalf. now we see the middle east in chaos, but we're going to treat this agreement as if it took place in some more sterile and less interesting environment. and finally, let me just say that i have seen some bad deals in my time. and and i take particular exception to the president telling the american people there are two options war or this agreement. and i can tell you before the armed services committee, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general dempsey s

mr. trump told you immediately after you asked him specifically about general suleimani and hezbollah and hamas, that he didn't think the questions were fair. why do you think they are fair? >> gotcha questions, which i don't think are fair, are tricks to attempt to embarrass people. i provided the name of general suleimani, i talked about the other people. i didn't ask him for names and didn't ask for groups. i don't think a gotcha question that doesn't quiz you is a gotcha question. i think it's a serious probing question, what do you think the iran deal will mean for thinks terrorist groups when iran gets $150 billion and general suleimani is such a talented terrorist. that's what he is, a very talented terrorist. so perhaps what i do is sometimes assume that the people i've been talking with, especially republican candidates, are as well read as i make myself be. illustrate mick crystal on for a couple hours, mike more rely, suleimani comes up a lot in those conversations, but there's no animus to donald trump or any of the people who come on the show. by the way, he's not only the on

mr. connolly: i would point out for the record, suleimani remains on the list. i yield three minutes to the gentleman from minnesota, mr. ellison. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. i'd like to thank the gentleman for yielding. in 2012, prime minister of israel, minister netanyahu, went to the u.n. with a graph. much like the one right beside me. it was a picture of a bomb with a red line and the prime minister said, the red line must be drawn on iran's nuclear enrichment program. this deal does that. today, we can say that iran cannot produce or stockpile highly enriched uranium and it has to get rid of 98% of the low enriched uranium. to make sure that they don't achieve a nuclear weapon, we have the strictest inspection regime in the history of nuclear agreements. the impetus for the two years of negotiation has been achieved. so what's the problem? the gears of war have been halted when we prove that negotiation and diplomacy are the best methods of achieving peace. this deal is a triumph of diplomacy over military conflic

mr. connolly: i would point out for the record, suleimani remains on the list. i yield three minutes to the gentleman from minnesota, mr. ellison. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. i'd like to thank the gentleman for yielding. in 2012, prime minister of israel, minister netanyahu, went to the u.n. with a graph. much like the one right beside me. it was a picture of a bomb with a red line and the prime minister said, the red line must be drawn on iran's nuclear enrichment program. this deal does that. today, we can say that iran cannot produce or stockpile highly enriched uranium and it has to get rid of 98% of the low enriched uranium. to make sure that they don't achieve a nuclear weapon, we have the strictest inspection regime in the history of nuclear agreements. the impetus for the two years of negotiation has been achieved. so what's the problem? the gears of war have been halted when we prove that negotiation and diplomacy are the best methods of achieving peace. this deal is a triumph of diplomacy over military conflic