Senator Menendez Applauds Committee Passage of MISSILES Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) issued a statement following the bipartisan Committee passage of the MISSILES Act, a bipartisan bill he championed and authored to impose U.S. sanctions on Iran's missile and drone program. This bill codifies sanctions on Iran's missile and drone program under Annex B of UN Security Council Resolution 2231. It ensures that Iran's destabilizing development and proliferation of ballistic missile technology remains subject to appropriate U.S. sanctions in the likely event that Russia and China block an extension of UN restrictions in the Security Council.

"As I have said for decades now, Iran is a rogue nation that seeks to foment instability in the Middle East and is an existential threat to the State of Israel. We must meet this serious security challenge by sanctioning Iran's missile and drone program, which is exactly what my MISSILES Act would do. I'm proud this important legislation I authored passed out of Committee with bipartisan support today and look forward to it being enacted in law so we can stop Iran from realizing its fully destructive potential."

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