Again, we were fortunate in this regard. It is a very special place, the Columbia Gorge, but as this narrow channel through the Cascade Mountains occurs, these trains run through the middle of virtually every community along the way. They represent a rolling time bomb and citizens are right to have grave concerns. I dont think the citizens along the Columbia Gorge are mull identified by think mullified by thinking it could have been worse, we were fortunate this time. Instead what the citizens of mosier are thinking and citizens along the gorge are thinking, our concerns about these rolling explosions hazards are confirmed and we need to take serious measures so that one of these trains does not blow up in our community in the future. Now, there are inspections that take place. The track was reportedly inspected on may 31. A track detector vehicle used lasers and other technology to inspect the track within the last 30 days. But what happened . Why did this occur along this stretch of
Experts. That point by which they would have enough enriched uranium to build a Nuclear Weapon. How far is iran from breakout now as a result of this implementation . Sir, over the course of the last three months iran has moved from breakout time of about two months to at least one year. Okay. The International Atomic Energy Agency is being asked to do some significant work in terms of compliance with this agreement. And i actually wrote to the president about this urging that we be certain that we provide Additional Resources to the iaea to do this work. I know the administrations proposal provides a modest increase, but i think the iaea has already indicated that its not sufficient. Would you speak to the importance of making certain that we in a bipartisan way allocate sufficient resources recognizing we dont fund the entire operation but that we meet the financial requests of iaea so they can do the work that were asking them or requiring them to do. Yes, sir. I am in regular conta
Officials from the state an Energy Department where i capitol hill today to testify on the nuclear deal with iran. The hearing held by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee focused on october 2015 testing of two Ballistic Missile by iran and the u. S. Ability to enforce keeper visions of the agreement. This is two and half hour. Would like to thank our witnesses for being here. We know senators that are here at the moment, others will be joining. This hearing is the first Public Meeting the committee has held as we began overseeing the implementation of the iran deal. I would like to underscore the importance that we play some oversight efforts. In many ways i think that is the strongest element of the firebrand review act. We intend to hold another hearing in january after the administration submits the 180 day report, as required by the iran review act. F third, if implementation day occurs. Im sure there are more to follow after that and we will work with that and well work with th
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