Nuclear Weapons
February 15th, 2017
When I met with Admiral Harris of Pacific Command last year, I asked him which nation’s threats concerned him the most. He quickly replied: North Korea.
September 20th, 2016
"This is not directed at Japan. The nuclear development is toward the United States," said an adviser to North Korean dictator Kim Jung Un.Frankly, Little Kim makes his father look normal. His saber-rattling regime has once...
July 27th, 2016
This month marks the one-year anniversary of the Obama administration’s one-sided nuclear agreement with Iran, which I couldn’t support then and continue to oppose now.
January 15th, 2016
In his State of the Union message, President Obama claimed that America’s standing as a world power is greater than when he first took office.
December 1st, 2015
In this week’s Monday Morning Memo podcast, the chairmen of the House and Senate Judiciary committees have questions about the foreign fighter travel th
October 16th, 2015
The ink has not even dried on the President’s reckless nuclear deal with Iran and Tehran is already testing the limits.
September 16th, 2015
There are five entities that have mischief and aggression on their minds--of course, ISIS, Iran, Russia, North Korea, and China.
September 12th, 2015
This week is a somber week for our nation. September 11th reminds us of the sacred responsibility we in Congress have to protect the American people from those who want to kill us. That is why we must oppose the Iran deal....
August 14th, 2015
This Obama Iranian Nuclear Deal is a bad deal. It keeps getting worse. The more you hear about the deal, the less confident you are. I'll tell you the discussions of the inspection regime, they're classified, but they...
August 6th, 2015
Ted Cruz Says Iran Agreement Would Make America Under Obama The World's Largest Sponsor Of Terrorism
The world's current largest sponsor of terrorism is responsible for supplying the implements to kill Americans in the Middle East conflicts. The agreement itself permits Iran's 19,000 enriching centrifuges to continue...
January 25th, 2017
Iran remains the world’s foremost state sponsor of terror and the biggest destabilizing force in the Middle East, despite the lopsided deal struck by the former Administration.
September 12th, 2016
Reports indicate that North Korea conducted its fifth nuclear test last week, its fourth since January 2009. Meanwhile, the White House has been naively pursuing a strategy it calls ‘strategic patience’ with Pyongyang that...
January 18th, 2016
You all remember Lando Calrissian in The Empire Strikes Back, he made a deal with the Empire, and they did not keep it, so he finally concluded, "This deal is getting worse all the time." Very much like Obama's deal...
January 7th, 2016
As Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, I issued the below statement following claims by the government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea that it has successfully...
November 10th, 2015
South Korean intelligence officials reported recently that North Korea is preparing for a new nuclear test. If true, it would mark Pyongyang’s third nuclear detonation since 2007, when it agreed to end its nuclear program...
September 17th, 2015
Today, I delivered remarks on the House floor this week, calling for a change in Senate rules to dispense with the 60-vote threshold that has thus far prevented Senate disapproval of President Obama’s Iran Deal. I am ...
September 14th, 2015
Last week's Iran rally on the Capitol Lawn showed how passionate Americans are about protecting our country. As the keynote speakers, Ted Cruz and Donald Trump gave great speeches explaining exactly why this deal is so bad...
September 9th, 2015
I think of all the things that concerns my constituents and the people I talked to during August about this deal, it's Iran's long history of supporting terrorism, including attacks on the United States and our allies. It is...
August 12th, 2015
Seventy years ago, World War II ended and one reason was the use of the Atom Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. As time fades and those who were more directly affected by this decision are dying out, the debate continues...
August 5th, 2015
Yesterday, I joined colleagues in submitting a resolution disapproving of the Iran nuclear agreement under the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015.