The senate was in session on sunday. They did authorize the export import bank. By now, current funding for transportation projects is set to expire by the end of the week without congressional action. You can watch the senate live on cspan2. Coming next, Robert Mcdonald testifies before the house of Veterans Affairs Committee Full top been question and answer with robert gordon. At 7 00, washington journal is live with this mornings headlines. Robert mcdonald warned that a 2. 5 billion budget shortfall may lead to hospital closures and employee furloughs. He testified as to why there was a budget problem and the possible ways to address it. This is just under three hours. Welcome to this hearing and i appreciate your attendance. We are gathered to discuss vas budget execution for this fiscal year. As the own now, the stakes have been raised considerably since the deputy secretaries testimony on june 5. Deputy secretary was asked this question. If congress does not ask on the 2015 budg
Hezbollah, shia militias hamas and the assad regime. If this deal goes through how would you propose to keep this newfound wealth out of the hands of terrorists and tyrants . Next, while im glad that iran will be limited in its development of advanced centrifuges for eight years i worry what happens down the road. After the research and Development Ban expires, iran could quickly move towards the next stage of its enrichment activities. Id like to know what other provisions in the deal, if any, will mitigate this risk. Finally i have a fundamental concern that 15 years from now iran will essentially be off the hook. If they choose irans leaders could produce weapons grade highly enriched uranium without limitation. They could use advanced centrifuges to speed this progress even further. This amounts to iran being a legitimatized Nuclear Threshold state in the year 2030. My big question is this what happens then . Are we back to square one . Is this deal just pushing pause for 15 years
But if we can go the time has expired here and we will just get for the record. Thank you very much mr. Chairman. Last week the Los Angeles Times reported the irans foreign minister told the parliament under the deal iran can deny access to military sites and the defense minister also stated that he would not allow International Inspectors to enter irans military cites and yet president obama said the organization responsible for the inspections will have access where necessary when necessary, end quote. Can the iaea really have access to all and any military sites suspected and do they have the power to access the sites, and dismantling irans infrastructure used to be the administrations goal. The administration repeatedly told us that it would focus that sanctions only on the Nuclear Portfolio but in the deal we have over 60 pages of individuals, Companies Vessels that will be delisted, specifically mentioned. Many of these sanctions are not Nuclear Related. The administration has al
8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspans original series first ladies, influence and image examining the public and private lives of the women who who filled the position of first lady and their influence on the presidency. From Martha Washington to michelle obama. Sundays at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on American History tv on cspan 3. The republican president ial candidates are in manchester, New Hampshire, for the voters first president ial forum. On monday at 7 00 p. M. Eastern and cspans road to the white house is providing live coverage on cspan, cspan radio and cspan. Org. The New Hampshire union leader along with media organizations from the early caucus and primary states are sponsoring the forum. Following the forum you can join you are callin program or add your comments on facebook or twitter. Road to the white house, 2016. Cspan, cspan radio and cspan. Org. Congress has until september to have view the Iran Nuclear Agreement before voting on whether to approve or reject it. On capitol hill th
Its military Nuclear Program to in order to insure inspections of all relevant facilities . No. Two, have been been made to halt the enrichment facility. Have they been required to shut down the plutonium production plant . No. Four has the Iranian Regime been able to shut down the even richment facility regime been required to halt its Ongoing Missile Development . No. Six, has the Iranian Regime been required to halt research and development of the faster centrifuges which will enable it to break out a bomb far more rapidly than is currently the case . No. Seven, has the Iranian Regime been required to submits to anywhere anytime inspections of any and all facilities suspected of engaging in rogue nuclearrelated activity . No. Eight, has the International Community established procedures setting out how it will respond to difrtferent classes of violations to insure the community can react with sufficient speed efficiency to prevent the break out of a bomb . No. Has the Iranian Regime