{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.leahy.senate.gov/press/leahy-statement-on-president-trumps-decision-to-not-certify-the-iran-deal-", "Leahy Statement On President Trumps Decision To Not Certify The Iran Deal", "2017-10-13", "2017", "2017-10", "Democrat", "House", "VT", "Patrick Leahy", "L000174", "www.leahy.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "10.13.17\n\t\t\t Leahy Statement On President Trump\u2019s Decision To Not Certify The Iran Deal  \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\u201cPresident Trump\u2019s decision not to certify the Iran deal recklessly endangers our national security interests, isolates our country, and is contrary to determinations made by his own Administration that Iran has been compliant with the agreement -- all for the sake of fulfilling a campaign slogan.\u00a0 It will signal to the world \u2013 including to North Korea \u2013 that the United States cannot be trusted to keep its word.\u00a0\r\n\u201cThe Iran deal is not perfect.\u00a0 No multilateral agreement is. That is why there are many other sanctions that the vast majority of Members of Congress, myself included, have supported to address Iran\u2019s other destabilizing actions. \u00a0But halting Iran\u2019s nuclear program is a significant victory for world stability, and renegotiating the agreement is not feasible.\u00a0 Our European allies have already released a joint statement noting the importance of keeping the agreement intact.\u00a0 As long as Iran complies, so should we.\u00a0\r\n\u201cRather than trying to score political points by talking tough, the President should be working with our partners to ensure the nuclear deal continues to be implemented faithfully, and engaging Congress on a bipartisan strategy to continue combating Iran\u2019s other malign activities.\r\n\u201cIt is now the responsibility of Congress to find a responsible path forward to protect U.S. national interests, including by refraining from enacting any legislation that would jeopardize the Iran deal. Our credibility and national security depends on it.\u201d\r\n# # # # #\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t Press Contact \n\t\t\t\tDavid Carle: 202-224-3693\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\t\n\t\n\t\n  \n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tPrevious Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.leahy.senate.gov/press/leahy-statement-on-president-trumps-decision-to-not-certify-the-iran-deal-"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9641209617257118, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}