U.S. Rep. McSally Speaks Out Against, Opposes Dangerous Iran Deal

Rep. McSally: “This is not about a choice between this deal or war”

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Martha McSally today voted against approval of the President’s Iran nuclear deal and to prevent the President from lifting sanctions on Iran pursuant to the agreement. Just before the vote, Rep. McSally spoke out on the House floor to urge her colleagues to consider the American military men and women killed by Iranian-funded terrorism and to oppose lifting sanctions that will lead to more deaths.

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today on behalf of those who do not have a voice in this debate, and that’s the over 500 service men and women who died in Iraq because of the export of vehicle-borne IED technology by Iran and the brutal terrorist leader, Qassem Soleimani,” Rep. McSally said on the House floor. “This is a slap in the face to those who paid that sacrifice.”

The House voted on two bills today related to the Iran deal: H.R. 3461, a bill to approve the Iran agreement, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, and H.R. 3460, a bill to suspend the President’s authority to lift sanctions on Iran pursuant to the agreement. H.R. 3461 failed to pass the House 162-269, with 25 Democrats opposing the President’s deal, and H.R. 3460 passed the House 247-186. Yesterday, the House passed a resolution finding that the President failed his obligations under the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act to provide all documents related to the agreement to Congress. 

“This is not about a choice between this deal or war. Those of us who served in the military, we want war less than anybody else. We know the price. We want diplomacy, and those sanctions were working,” Rep. McSally continued. “We had them exactly where we wanted then we gave up.”

Last month, Rep. McSally wrote in the Arizona Daily Star about the dangers the Iran deal poses for Americans and our allies. She also spoke yesterday on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal about the need to direct the Administration back to the negotiating table.