Holding Iran Accountable
‘Advancing this bill makes the logical point that our nation needs a comprehensive strategy to deal with all areas of Iran’s aggression. It will give the current administration more of the tools it needs to take a stronger approach than the last. It includes new mandatory ballistic missile sanctions, new terrorism sanctions, and a mechanism to ensure better enforcement of the arms embargo.’
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the Iran sanctions bill:
“Yesterday, Senators voted on an overwhelmingly bipartisan basis, 91 to 8, to advance critical legislation granting the administration more of the policy tools it needs to hold Iran accountable for its actions. We must now keep working toward final passage. This bill makes clear that Congress recognizes that Iran’s aggressive behavior and efforts to expand its revolution across the broader Middle East must be stopped.
“Unfortunately, the Obama Administration’s desire to drawdown our conventional military presence from the Persian Gulf and Iraq created the self-defeating imperative to avoid nation state conflict at any cost. And they were reluctant to take any action that might upset the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action — the so-called Iran deal. They kept this hands-off approach even when Iran supported terrorism and Shia militias, and even as they harassed U.S. ships at sea — actions that were not part of the nuclear program or Iran deal.
"Advancing this bill makes the logical point that our nation needs a comprehensive strategy to deal with all areas of Iran’s aggression. It will give the current administration more of the tools it needs to take a stronger approach than the last. It includes new mandatory ballistic missile sanctions, new terrorism sanctions, and a mechanism to ensure better enforcement of the arms embargo.
“These sanctions represent another key measure that we can take now to help keep American families safer and to support our allies in the region. I want to again note the broad bipartisan support this legislation has already received and encourage my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to continue working together so we can pass it.”
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