Duty to determine whether it will keep us safe. Sadly this deal is far worse than anything i could have it is our his negotiators broke every one of their promises. Does this deal dismantle Irans Nuclear program or shut off their path to a nuclear his negotiators broke every one of their promises. Does this deal dismantle Irans Nuclear program or shut off their path to a Nuclear Program as they promised it would . No. Instead, it allows iran to keep thousands of nouk clear centrifuges spinning as they are today. And within 10 years in the best case it allows iran to achieve a nuclear status. Was this agreement built on verification . No. Why . Ecause the president and it appears the side deal with trust iran to selfinspect a key site where the regime conducted tests on nuclear it detonators. Havent seen that actual side deal and we dont know if there are any other secret components. Does this agreement allow inspectors to have anywhere, anytime, 24 7 oongsess as they promised it would . No. Inspectors will have to wait up to 24 havent seen that days fo suspicious sites. Well, sanctions snap back . No. The Administration Admits that nothing at the u. N. Happens in snap. Does it shut down irans ballistic milssles program . No. It lifts the embargos in five and eight years respectively and allows them to build icbms capable of delivering a Nuclear War Head here to the United States of america. Does this agreement affect irans status as the worlds leading sponsor of terror . Yes, it actually does. It hands iran billions of dollars to support more of their terrorist activities around that part of the world. And it gives amnesty to the shadow commander responsible for the deaths of hundreds of american troops in iraq. And this is all without iran cheating. This is such a bad deal that the ayatollah wont have to cheat to be steps away from a nurecleek weapon. So today we are going to cast two votes, these votes are aimed from stopping president obama from unilaterally lifting sanctions on iran and ensuring accountability. In pursuing this deal with iran president obama refused to listen. He ignored the concerns of the American People, National Security experts, and a bipartisan majority here in the congress. And now he is preparing to try to enforce this deal over our objections. Never in our history has so many with consequences for our National Security been rammed through with such little support. Today is september 11th, a day for all americans to come together and for us to keep the oath we swore to our constitution. So our fight to stop this bad deal frankly is just beginning. We will not let the american down. I yield back. [applause] looking at the senate side of this iran debate, democrats had the power in the minority to prevent this moving forward to a voted on down. This resolution of disapproval which the house had already moved on. What tactics did they employ . Well, the senate needs 60 votes in order to advance legislation and they prevented it from reaching that threshhold. With this review act that was signed into law earlier in the year, democrats made the point that the iran review act didnt say things only had to be an up or down vote. So they could justify that the legislation allowed them to make that move. In keeping with the iran review act, the majority, a bipartisan majority, is wishing to vote he opportunity on the substance of the of disapproval which the house had already moved on. Deal. What is happening and my friend, minority leader, is here. He began saying in august that he wanted to filibuster this. Is the nderstanding administration has supported that. So what we have now is a partisan minority of people that are keeping the spirit of the iran so what we have now is a partisan minority of people that are keeping the spirit of coming review act from nto play by blocking our ability to actually vote up and down. So thats whats happening. I want to make sure the American People understand ability to actually vote up and down. So thats whats happening. I want to make sure the American People understand that. I know members of this body understand that. And i just want to close with this. On every y leader occasion, when theres been an opportunity for this to devolve into something that was partisan, and there was concern side of the aisle about things that were occurring at every point the majority leader has allowed for things to progress in a way that the minority would feel that this was not a my friend, minority leader, is here. He began saying in august that he wanted to filibuster this. Partisan effort. I want to also point out that the majority leader when we brought this cloture motion to the floor filled the tree. He filled the tree. My friends on the other side of the aisle did partisan effort. I want not want a bunch of amendments. They wanted only to vote on a motion of approval or disapproval in this case since theres a bipartisan majority in support of disapproval that is what we are hoping to be able to vote on. But, unfortunately, what is happening again it appears on the spirit i hope something changes. But just last week, 42 senators blocked the ability of the senate to end debate and actually vote on the substance of the deal. So i hope that changes. I hope tonight at least two senators on the other side of the aisle will give us the ability to express ourselves on the substance of the deal and not block a bipartisan majority. Who wanted to express themselves through a vote of disapproval. The senator from tennessee is my friend. I respect him. I have said so on the floor and i say it privately among my colleagues. I want for the record to make it clear, senator reid and the democrats said there will be no cloture necessary on the motion to proceed. No motion to proceed vote necessary to go to this measure. We had an opportunity to obstruct, to block, and did not do it because we believe that what we had heard repeatedly that this would be a 60 vote final passage was ultimately going to be the standard. There is nothing in the statute that brings us to this measure that in any way eliminates the 60 vote requirement. It is just not there. There is nothing that does that. When your side discovered they did not have 60 votes which was the beginning of last week they changed the standard and said anything less than that is a filibuster. I would just say this. We have had eight weeks on this issue and we should have taken eight weeks on this issue, it is that important. And every senator i think should stand up and say where they stand on this issue and every senator has stood up and announced where they stand on this issue. This has not been glossed over. We have not made light of it. People arent trying to find some sneaky way to avoid responsibility. Each person is on the record. I know where you stand, you know where i stand. That goes for every one of our colleagues. So what are we doing tonight . Why are we going through a replay of last week and now with the threat of amendments . They wont be on the iran agreement, per se, on the adoption of the agreement on the underlying statute. Be on something else. But to say that we havent taken the time dealt with this in a bipartisan way, allowed open debate, we have done it and cooperated in doing it. You dont like the result, i happen to believe its a result that really reflects where we should be as a nation. I support the president. I believe that we ought to have two goals here. Stop iran from developing a nuclear weapon, stop america from going to another war in the middle east. Thats what i want to achieve and i think we can achieve it through this agreement. But its subject to inspection, subject to reports. And if the iranians decide they want to breach this agreement, then we start back on the sanctions. Were back where we started from. I would say to the the senator from tennessee, as he has faced these conscience votes on the floor about war and about the Death Associated with it, i conclude first try diplomacy. If diplomacy does not work, then you have to pursue hatever is necessary for National Security. But i believe we have said 42 out of 46 Democratic Senators we support diplomacy. And to argue this is first. And to argue that this is somehow partisan because four senators see it differently i think there may be some partisanship in the fact that partisanship in the fact that not a single republican member of the house or senate supports the president s position. Not one. I think there may be some partisanship in the fact that 47 republican senators on march 9, 2015 sent a letter to the ayatollah in iran and basically said stop negotiating with the United States of america. There is no point in it. Has never ever, ever happened in diplomat history that 47 senators would prejudge negotiation er with the president of the United States. But they did. So the fact that all 47 voted in disagreement is no surprise. I think that is the reality of what we face today. I dont know why were going to keep repeating these votes over and over. There are a lot of things we should take up. We have nine legislative days left until this fiscal year ends and we end up closing down the government. I think it is time for us to move on to important issues that should command the attention of the senate. Mr. President , i am going to roceed under my leader time. I want to thank the leard chairman of the foreign elations committee for doing an excellent job on giving us an opportunity to express ours of what the president has described as an executive agreement. I think its important that everybody understand that the next president can take a look at this. It doesnt have the force of a treaty. Ut the president didnt want an excellent job on giving us an opportunity anything to do w it at all. And the chairman skillfully negotiated with the other side to give us an opportunity as elected representatives of the American People all. And the chairman skillfully negotiated with the other side to give us an opportunity as elected representatives of the American People to actually express our views on his unilateral action. The next president can take a look at this. It doesnt have the force of a treaty. But the president didnt want us to have with the iranian government. Proceeded, as the the senator from tennessee pointed out, in a manner that respected the process, and gave the senate an opportunity to vote deal been denied the opportunity to get an up or down vote on the agreement that the corkercarden bill gave us an opportunity to express ourselves on. So i want to congratulate the senator from tennessee. Its been an extraordinary legislative performance. The senator from tennessee as we all know is someone who admires and respects and is willing to deal only. Even though technically it was open for amendment. Yet weve talk to the other side and frequently good things come about as a result of it. But we are where we are. This evening Senate Democrats will have one more opportunity to do the right thing and end their blockade of a vote on the president s deal with iran. In the end Senate Democrats blocked a vote on the resolution disapproving of the Iran Nuclear Deal and the agreement went into effect a month later. Just days after, pope frances arrived on capitol hill in late september. He became the first pope ever to speak before a joint member of congress. House Speaker John Boehner worked for 20 years to see a papal address before congress. Concerned about the situation in the world today. Our world is increasingingly a and of violent conflict brutal atrocity committed even in the name of god and of religion. We know that not religion is immune from forms of individual delusions or ideological extremists. This means that we must especially be attentive to very type of fundamentalist, whether religious or of any other kind. A delicate balance is required combat violence perpetrated in the name of our religion and ideology, or an economic system. Reasons, ious intellectual reasons, and individual reasons. [applause] i think of the march which Martin Luther king led from selma to montgomery 50 years to s part of the campaign fulfill his dreams of full civil and Political Rights for african americans. [applause] that dream continues to inspire us all. And i am happy that america continues to be for many a land of dreams. [applause] reams which leads to action to participation, to commitment. What is ich awaken deepest and truest in the lives of the people. In recent centuries, millions of people came to this land to pursue their dream of building a future of freedom. The people of this continent, are not fearful of foreigners because most of us [applause] because most of us were once foreigners. [applause] i say this to you as the son of immigrants, knowing that so many of you are also descendents of immigrants. Tragically, the rights of those who were here long before us respected. Ways for those people and the nations from the heart of democracy, i esteem and times were on those violent. Bulent and but we know that it is very difficult to judge the past we difficult to judge the past by this criteria of the present. [applause] nonetheless, when the stranger we r midst appears to us, must not repeat the sins and the errors of the past. [applause] live as solve now to noble as and as justly as possible, as we educate new generations not to turn their back on our neighbors and verything around us. Building a nation calls us to recognize that we must nstantly relate to others, rejecting a mindset of hostility in other to adopt one reciprocal subsid ty in a and constant effort to do our best and constant that we can do his. Ty in a our world is facing a refugee not seen magnitude since the second world war. This presents us with great challenges and many hard decisions. The this continent, thousands of persons traveled north in search of a better life for themselves and for their loved ones. Wish to reaffirm my highest in search of greater opportunity. For s not what we want ur own children. We must not be taken aback by the numbers. Ut rather view them as persons. Seeing their faces and listening [applause] to their stories, trying to respond as best we can to the situation to respond in a way which is always human, just, and fraternal. We need to avoid a common , avoiding to discuss whatever the problems are. Let us remember the golden rule. You thers as [applause] others as you will have them do unto you. This rule points us in a clear direction. Let us treat others with the same passion and compassion with which we want to be treated. T us take for others the sense of civility which we seek for ours. Let us help others to do as we would like to for ourselves. Let us get situated. If we want life, let us give life. If we want opportunity, let us provide opportunities. The yardstick we use for others will be the yardstick which ime uses for us. The golden rule also reminds us of our responsibility to protect and defend human lives at the earliest stage of its development. [applause] this conviction has led me from he beginning of my ministry to advocate on Different Levels the global abolition of the death penalty. I am convinced that this way is the best since every life is acred, every human person is endowed with an inaleable ability and society can only benefit from the realization of hose convicted of crime. Recently, here in the United States, renewed the call for the abolition of the death penalty. I support them, but encouragement to all those who are convinced that a just and society punishment must never exclude the dimension of hope and the oal of rehabilitation. T goes without saying that path of this great effort is the creation and distribution of wealth. The right use of natural resources, the proper application of technology, and e harnessing of enterprise are essential elements of an conomy which seeks to be modern, inclusive, and sustainable. [applause] siness is a noble vocation directed to producing wealth and building the world. It can be a true resource of prosperity in the area in which it operates, especially if it as an e creation of jobs essential part of its service the common world. Directed to this common good also includes the earth. A central theme of the ncyclical which i recently want to end up into the dialogue with people about our common cause. We need a conversation which the des everyone since environmental challenge we are if human goods concerns and the effects also. [applause] and rec r a courageous our e effort to redirect steps and to the most effect of the environmental detier yoration, caused by human activity. I am convinced that we can make a difference, i am sure. And i have no doubt that the United States and this congress have an Important Role to play. Now is the time for courageous action. Implementing a culture of care and an integrated approach to combating poverty, restoring ignity, and at the same time protecting nature. Vision. Er means being truly concerned, to minimize, and in the long term to truly concerned, to minimize, and in the long term end, Armed Conflicts our world is involved. Here, we have to ask ourselves are Deadly Weapons being given to those who plan to inflict suffering on society . Sadly, the answer as we all know is simply for money. Money Deadly Weapons being given to those who plan to inflict suffering is dretched i blood, Armed Conflicts often in e face of the that shameful ad culpable silence it is our duty so confront the problem and to stop the arms drive. Culpable silence culpable silence it is our duty so confront the problem and to stop the arms drive. I cannot hide my concerns for families which is present perhaps as never before from within or without, fundamental relations have been called into as is the very basis of marriage and the family. I can only reiterate the importance and above all the origins and the beauty of asily life. In particular, i would like to call attention to tho