Tennessee U.S. Sen. Bob Corker said at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing today that President Barack Obama is trying to “shut down debate” on the Iran nuclear agreement.
Corker, who is chairman of the committee, expressed disappointment in remarks Obama made Wednesday in which he compared members of Congress who have not yet expressed support for the deal to Iranian hardliners who chant “Death to America.”
Corker also said the administration may be refusing to obtain and share documents that outline the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) role in implementing the nuclear agreement because the side deals would not “stand the test of late night comedy.”
The IAEA has said those documents may not be released under confidentiality pledges.
During the hearing, Corker said he wanted to “put things into perspective.”