04.30.15

Sullivan Introduces Amendment to Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act

Amendment Will Make Overall Bill Stronger, Country More Secure

WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) spoke on the Senate floor today about his amendment to the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 (S.615), which would limit sanctions relief until Iran is determined to no longer be a state sponsor of terrorism.

In his speech, Senator Sullivan posed a simple question: Is it good policy for the United States of America to allow, or even encourage countries and corporations to do business with a state sponsor of terrorism, particularly one that has a history of targeting American citizens?

 

(To view Sen. Sullivan’s floor speech on his amendment, click here)

 

“I believe that if posed that way to the American people—Democrat, Republican, any state in the union… they would overwhelmingly say, ‘No,’” Senator Sullivan said.

Senator Sullivan concluded by answering to critics of those offering common-sense amendments to S. 615, and urged his colleagues to support his amendment.

“I believe if the question is posed to directly to the American people, they wouldn’t consider it a poison pill,” Senator Sullivan said. “They might even consider it a kind of vitamin pill, a supplement that will make us stronger.”

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