Chairman McCaul and Chairman Royce in Letter to President on Iran Agreement: The United Nations Can Wait

Chairman McCaul and Chairman Royce Letter to President on Iran Agreement: The United Nations Can Wait

WASHINGTON, DC –Today Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, was joined by Congressman Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, in sending a letter to the President regarding the recently announced Iran nuclear agreement.

In the letter, the two Chairmen urge President Obama to delay any action to lift sanctions by the U.N. Security Council until Congress has had time to fully review the agreement and take any parliamentary actions prescribed in the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 which the President signed into law this year. Simply put, the American people's representatives should have a say before Russia and China do.

The letter also states that "…it would be entirely inappropriate and divisive for your Administration to vote to lift UN-backed sanctions should Congress reject the final agreement and override a presidential veto to that effect."

A full copy of the letter can be found here.

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