WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after voting to support a bipartisan compromise that would give Congress the ability to conduct oversight and review of a nuclear deal reached between the P5+1 and Iran.

“As a strong advocate of the need to pursue diplomacy to ensure Iran never acquires a nuclear weapon, I have had serious concerns about taking action that would pull the rug out from under our negotiators and ruin our chances of reaching an agreement. I am therefore pleased that Chairman Corker and Ranking Member Cardin were able to work together to modify this legislation to address the concerns that I and others expressed, and I supported today’s compromise after the administration assured me that the reworked bill would preserve our negotiators’ ability to do their jobs.

“Corker and Ranking Member Cardin deserve a lot of credit for working together and finalizing a deal that reasserts the role of Congress in foreign affairs without torpedoing ongoing negotiations.”