U.S. Representative Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and U.S. Representative Eliot Engel (D-NY), the Committee’s Ranking Member, issued this joint statement on Monday on passage of a United Nations Security Council resolution endorsing the Iran nuclear agreement:
“We are disappointed that the UN Security Council passed a resolution on Iran this morning before Congress was able to fully review and act on this agreement. We are also greatly concerned that the resolution lifts restrictions on Iran’s ballistic missiles in eight years and conventional arms in five years. Regardless of this morning’s outcome, Congress will continue to play its role.”
Meanwhile, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) released a statement after on the United Nations Security Council approving the proposed nuclear deal with the Iranian regime:
“Today President Obama ignored the concerns of the American people, and senior members of his own party, and allowed the United Nations Security Council to take up his proposed nuclear deal with Iran. Enabling such a consequential vote just 24 hours after submitting the agreement documents to Congress undermines our national security and violates the spirit of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act, which passed the House in May with more than 400 votes. This is a bad start for a bad deal. The American people expect their representatives to review this potential agreement and stop Iran’s push for a nuclear weapon, and we will continue our critical work to do just that.”
The U.N. Security Council unanimously endorsed the nuclear agreement, setting in motion a yearslong process that will eventually lift international sanctions in exchange for stringent new controls on Tehran’s nuclear program, The Wall Street Journal reported.
“Under the new resolution, restrictions on sales of nuclear-related material will stay in place for 10 years. Sanctions on ballistic missiles and the asset freezes on some individuals won’t be lifted for eight years. The embargo on import and export of conventional arms will be removed after five years,” the report said.
