Source: United States Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, joined Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) on a letter to President Joe Biden rebuking the Administration’s negotiations for a new Iran nuclear deal. The senators state the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act (INARA) requires the president to submit any Iran deal to Congress – and they will block implementation of any deal not submitted.
“We write to call attention to a range of obligations that your administration is statutorily mandated to fulfill in relation to Congressional oversight over any such agreement, and to ensure that your officials know we are committed to providing availability, assistance, and resources so you can fully meet these mandates. We also write to emphasize that we are committed to using the full range of options and leverage available to United States Senators to ensure that you meet those obligations, and that the implementation of any agreement will be severely if not terminally hampered if you do not,” the members wrote.“The Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 (“INARA”, 42 USC § 2160e) mandates that your administration submit to Congress for evaluation, within 5 days after it is reached, any agreement related to the nuclear program with Iran, as well as all related documents and side deals. The submission of such materials then triggers a statutorily-defined review process, and includes the possibility of Congress blocking implementation of the agreement.”
Senators Cramer and Cruz are joined on the letter by Senators Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Rick Scott (R-SC), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Mike Braun (R-IN), Rick Scott (R-FL), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Joni Ernst (R-IA), John Boozman (R-AR), Ron Johnson (R-WI), John Barrasso (R-WY), Todd Young (R-IN), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), John Hoeven (R-ND), Ben Sasse (R-NE), Steve Daines (R-MT), Pat Toomey (R-PA), John Kennedy (R-LA), John Cornyn (R-TX), Rob Portman (R-OH), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Mike Lee (R-UT), John Thune (R-SD), and Dan Sullivan (R-AK).