Justice for Victims of Iranian terrorism

Floor Speech

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Mr. ELLISON. Mr. Speaker, I urge Members to vote ``no'' on this
particular bill.

You know, once we were able to secure this negotiation and once the
deal was put in place, the focus of our attention should shift to
making sure that Iran lives up to its commitments, and we should use
this prior negotiation as a template for negotiating other issues,
including the captives, including the interests of these victims talked
about here today.

What this bill does is it handcuffs the President and says that the
President doesn't have any discretion to do his end of this bargain, to
exercise his discretion to forward and help America and the P5+1 live
up to our end of the bargain. That is the wrong way to go.

So I can credit the authors of this bill with having good intentions,
but I think that the method that they are going about it is just wrong.

Let's use the template that has been developed through the
negotiation process to go back and say, ``Okay, now we got other things
we want to talk to you about,'' rather than pass legislation on this
floor that will do nothing other than hamstring the President. It is
the wrong way to do it. It is a mistake, and it should be voted down.

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