Washington, D.C.— Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement on the State Department's decision to extend the nuclear negotiations with Iran yet again:
"The decision to extend the nuclear negotiations in the face of Iranian intransigence and duplicity proves once again that Iran is calling the shots. Just weeks ago President Obama said 'I don't see a further extension being useful.' And today the State Department admitted that 'there are several difficult issues still remaining' in the negotiations. Given the dangerous concessions by the Obama administration over the past week, one can only imagine what further concessions it will make in the next 24 hours to resolve these issues.
"The best solution is walk away from the nuclear negotiations now and return to a position of strength. We should reinstate existing sanctions suspended under the Joint Plan of Action and Congress should act immediately to impose new sanctions. It's time for the United States to regain the upper hand and quit negotiating out of weakness."
