Source: United States Senator for Delaware Christopher Coons
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement today after voting for Senator James Lankford’s (R-Okla.) motion to instruct conferees for the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act and America COMPETES Act:
“As part of a series of non-binding motions, I joined a bipartisan group of colleagues in voting yes on a motion sponsored by Senator Lankford signaling that any future agreement with Iran should address its nuclear weapons program and should not delist the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist organization because of its gross human rights violations and destabilizing support for regional proxies. I supported this motion in order to encourage the Biden administration’s negotiations to push for the strongest possible deal that addresses Iran’s nuclear weapons program and many other malign activities. My vote on this provision does not undermine my continuing support for the administration’s efforts to negotiate an agreement, and I maintain an open mind towards any potential outcomes from negotiations in Vienna.”