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Senator Says Biden Administration Committed to Congressional Review of Iran Deal
(Times of Israel) Jeremy Sharon - Robert Menendez, chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, said on Monday that the Biden administration had committed to submitting any agreement on Iran's nuclear program to Congress for review. Speaking at a press conference in Jerusalem, Menendez, a Democrat who opposed the original 2015 Iran deal known as the JCPOA, said such a review would be conducted by his committee and that a vote would be held in the Senate on any agreement. "The administration has made the commitment that if they enter into an agreement to follow on from what was the JCPOA, they will submit it to Congress, and we will review it. That review starts in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which I chair," said Menendez Menendez, the senior senator for New Jersey, is participating in a bipartisan Senate delegation to Israel, which is being led by Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina (Republican), and includes Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi (R), Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee (R), Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming (R), and Representative Ronny Jackson of Texas (R).