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url	title	date	year	month	party	chamber	state	member_name	bioguide_id	domain	scraper	source	date_source	text	has_text	collected_at	updated_at
https://www.cruz.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sen-cruz-blasts-biden-iran-nuclear-side-deal-on-hostages	Sen. Cruz Blasts Biden-Iran Nuclear Side Deal on Hostages	2023-09-11	2023	2023-09	Republican	Senate	TX	Ted Cruz	C001098	www.cruz.senate.gov	cruz	https://www.cruz.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases	scraper	WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement today after reports confirmed that President Biden and Biden administration officials are proceeding with a hostage deal with the Iranian regime: “President Biden has established a secret nuclear deal with the Iranian regime that is being kept from Congress and the American people. Today’s news confirms there has already been a side deal including a $6 billion ransom and the release of Iranian operatives. Nevertheless these are only the barest outlines of the staggering concessions that Biden has already made and intends to make to the Ayatollah, including an additional $10 billion transfer and indeed hundreds of billions of dollars by not enforcing oil sanctions. Meanwhile he has allowed the Iranian regime to all but acquire a virtual nuclear arsenal over the last two and a half years. “The Biden administration must keep their deal secret because if they disclosed it, the law requires them to come to Congress and defend it, and this appeasement is utterly indefensible. Instead they will continue lying about their policies until Congress forces them to do otherwise.” ###	1	2026-03-30T01:40:41Z	2026-04-06T18:35:26Z