Louisiana congressional delegation praises President’s Iran decision

President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw Tuesday, May 8, from the Iran nuclear agreement drew praise from most members of Louisiana’s delegation to Congress who released statements, including its two members of Louisiana Baptist churches.

Negotiated by former President Barack Obama in 2015, the deal lifted most U.S. and international economic sanctions from Iran in exchange for the Middle Eastern country agreeing to restrictions on its nuclear program.  Trump called the deal “one of the worst and most one-sided transactions the United States has ever entered into.”

U.S. Rep. Ralph Abraham, a member of Alto Baptist Church, called the decision wise and calculated.

“The Iran Deal was not a deterrent to a nuclear weapon; it was a pathway to a nuclear weapon,” Abraham said in a statement. “The President has always put the security of the United States and our allies first and foremost above politics. This is another example of solid, positive leadership.”

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