On Friday, September 11, 2015, in a speech given on the House Floor, Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) spoke out against the Iran Nuclear Deal and urged the House to vote down H.R. 3461, to approve the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, signed at Vienna on July 14, 2015, relating to the nuclear program of Iran.  H.R. 3461 subsequently failed by a vote of 162-269.  The House then passed H.R. 3460, by a vote of 247-186, to suspend until January 21, 2017, the authority of the President to waive, suspend, reduce, provide relief from, or otherwise limit the application of sanctions pursuant to an agreement related to the nuclear program of Iran.

“Mr. Speaker, over the last few days our nation has heard from its elected representatives on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, affectionately known as the Iran Nuclear Deal.  I stand here today to add my name to the list of members who recognize what a terrible deal this is and the grave danger a yes vote creates for humanity…  This is not just a bad deal.  It’s unconscionable that we would consider anything that leaves a path for Iran to possess a weapon, as this agreement does.  A yes vote, Mr. Speaker, will be on the wrong side of history.” 

The full video can be found here.

Congressman Steve Womack has represented Arkansas’s Third Congressional District since 2011 and serves on the House Appropriations Defense, Financial Services and General Government, and Labor-Health and Human Services subcommittees and the House Committee on the Budget.

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