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(Video Above: Rep. Martha Roby speaks out against the upcoming Iran deal)
WASHINGTON — In an impassioned floor speech Thursday, Congresswoman Martha Roby (R-AL2) urged her colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives to stand up to a “bad deal” that the Obama Administration is working on with Iran.
Multi-lateral negotiations over Iran’s nuclear capability continue this week in Switzerland after parties have repeatedly missed and extended deadlines.
Roby raised concerns that American negotiators have already conceded too much on major points like uranium enrichment, economic sanctions relief, and inspection access, adding the deadline extensions show that President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry are unwilling to walk away from what could be a potentially bad deal for the United States and its allies.
“It seems that President Obama and Secretary Kerry are so concerned with striking a deal – any deal – that they are unwilling to walk away from a bad one as deadlines keep passing,” Roby said. “The fact is we have had extension after extension and concession after concession – to the point that I’m not sure a good deal is even possible at this point.”
Roby, who visited the Middle East as part of Speaker John Boehner’s (R-OH) Congressional delegation, expressed concern for Iran’s neighbors: Israel, Jordan, Iraq and Saudi Arabia. “These are our allies in the region and they are rightly concerned that what is being brokered isn’t good at all.”
“We cannot forget how high the stakes are here,” she added. “If a bad deal is ratified, we aren’t just talking about a nuclear-armed Iran; we are talking about setting in motion a chain of events that could lead to multiple countries in this very volatile region wanting to become nuclear as well.”
The congresswoman took the time to remind her fellow representatives that “we can control how we respond if a bad deal is put forward. This Congress can have the final say over whether or not to lift sanctions on Iran. It can have the final say on the deal itself by way of a resolution of disapproval.”
In a noon press conference Thursday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry hinted that diplomats will not be able to reach an agreement by early Friday morning, conceding another delay that this time could complicate American efforts to quickly implement any deal.
Under U.S. law, the seven nations negotiating have to complete the accord before the end of Thursday in Washington to avoid invoking a 60-day congressional review period during which President Obama cannot waive sanctions on Iran. If they meet the target, the review would only be 30 days.
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