Corker Urges Senate Passage of Legislation to Hold Iran Accountable

June 14, 2017 - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, made the following remarks on the Senate floor today in support of the Countering Iran’s Destabilizing Activities Act of 2017, a bill Corker authored to hold Iran accountable. The bipartisan legislation, which has 60 cosponsors and is expected to pass the Senate this week, would expand sanctions for Iranian ballistic missile development, support for terrorism, transfer of conventional weapons to or from Iran, and human rights violations.