Defense and Foreign Affairs

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 3457, the Justice for Victims of Iranian Terrorism Act. Congressman Bill Flores (R-Texas) issued the following statement regarding its passage: “While I feel sanctions against Iran should not be lifted, it is particularly appalling that the Obama Administration has proposed lifting them while American victims of Iranian terrorist attacks go uncompensated. Iran owes its U.S. victims more than $43 billion, yet refuses to take responsibility and ... Read more

U.S. Representative Bill Flores (R-Texas) issued the following statement regarding the House passage of the Conference Report to the Fiscal Year 2016 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA): “The federal government's primary responsibility under the Constitution is to provide for the common defense to protect all Americans. With the bipartisan passage of the Conference Report to the National Defense Authorization Act, we provide our military with the resources and the authority they need to fi... Read more

U.S. Representative Bill Flores (R-Texas today expressed his strong support for H.R. 3457, the Justice for Victims of Iranian Terrorism Act, which prohibits President Obama from lifting Iranian sanctions until Iran has fulfilled its payment to U.S. victims of Iranian terrorist attacks. “It is unconscionable that President Obama is offering sanctions relief to Iran while the American victims of Iranian terrorist attacks are ignored and neglected,” Congressman Flores said. “Iran refuses to pay its... Read more

Today, U.S. Representative Bill Flores (R-Texas) rejected the President’s Iran deal by voting against H.R. 3461, which would have approved the President’s deal with Iran. “Today, I joined my conservative colleagues in the House to reject the president’s bad deal with Iran,” Flores said in a statement. “This deal legitimizes Iran’s nuclear program, lacks any accountability and rewards the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism with billions of dollars by unfreezing assets. It is a grave disse... Read more

Today, Republican Study Committee (RSC) Chairman Bill Flores (R-Texas) voted in support of H. Res. 411, which asserts that President Obama has failed to comply with the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015. “We are worried by what we know about this deal, and we are even more worried that there is still more we do not know,” Chairman Flores said. “This Administration has not been forthcoming with Congress and the American people about the true scope of this deal and its impact. By withholdi... Read more

By. U.S. Rep Bill Flores The Obama Administration's proposed nuclear deal with Iran endangers the security of our nation and our allies. In mid-July, I read the text of the deal that was provided by the U.S. State Department along with the supporting documents that were available at the time. Subsequent to that review, I have also met with security and defense experts and with persons interested in the deal, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other leaders. The result of the... Read more

By Juri Luik On 8 August ICDS director, Mr Jüri Luik, met with the Congressional Delegation representing the House Armed Services Committee. As Mr Jüri Luik is the former Estonian Ambassador to Russia, the conversation focused on recent developments in bilateral relations between Estonia and Russia, Russian society and politics. The delegation was interested in learning about the motivations and fears of Russian leadership. The delegation was led by the Chairman of the House Armed Services Read... Read more

By Adam Kredo A majority of House lawmakers now support a resolution to reject the recently signed nuclear agreement with Iran, marking another blow to the White House’s aggressive push to convince Congress to back the deal, according to sources on Capitol Hill. At least 218 Republican lawmakers have signed on to support a resolution expressing “firm disapproval” of the nuclear deal, which would provide Iran with billions of dollars in sanctions relief while enabling it to continue work on balli... Read more

U.S. Representative Bill Flores (R-Texas) released the following statement on the Obama Administration’s proposed nuclear deal with Iran: “The Obama Administration’s proposed deal with Iran is an empty assurance that falls woefully short of the goals even the president initially set forth. I am deeply concerned that the Administration’s concessions will only embolden the terrorist-sponsoring Iranian regime. History and experience have taught us that Iran has no qualms with flagrantly ignoring in... Read more

By Abby Livingston WASHINGTON — It was hard to find more heated Capitol Hill reactions to President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran than from within the Texas delegation. On Tuesday morning, the president announced that his administration had struck an agreement to constrain Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for a rollback of sanctions. Republicans across the board decried the deal, but the fury from the Texas delegation was especially evident. There was no singular complaint — Texas Republican ... Read more