BREAK IN TRANSCRIPT
Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. I thank the chairman for yielding.
Mr. Speaker, at this grave hour, I come to express my opposition to President Obama's deal with Iran.
To this day, Iran chants ``death to America.'' In fact, Iran is the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism. Its regime has the blood of America's servicemembers on its hands.
Iran is our enemy.
The President asks us to trust Iran; but what has Iran done to earn our trust? Nothing. This is a deal of surrender, and, with it, Iran will go nuclear.
The alternative isn't war. The alternative is to strike a better deal. I say this as one of the few Members of Congress who has seen combat, who has fought two wars, and who has spent nearly 7 years as a POW.
So I say to my colleagues on the other side of the aisle: Do the right thing. Put country above party. Listen to the American people. Uphold your most sacred duty--safeguard our Republic from those who seek to destroy it. Vote this deal down.
BREAK IN TRANSCRIPT