April 13, 2025
Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (NY-24) has led eight of her colleagues in sending a letter to President Trump, commending his efforts to dismantle Iran’s nuclear weapons program. The letter also expresses support for the President’s National Security Presidential Memorandum 2 and the renewed Maximum Pressure Campaign against Iran.
Additional signers of the letter include Representatives Derek Schmidt (KS-2), Barry Loudermilk (GA-11), Rudy Yakym (IN-2), Abraham Hamadeh (AZ-08), Burgess Owens (UT-4), Michael Baumgartner (WA-5), Mike Bost (IL-12), and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-1).
This letter comes as the Trump administration prepares to engage in nuclear talks with Iran over the weekend of April 12, 2025. It reaffirms Congressional support for the President’s position that Iran can never be allowed to acquire or continue developing nuclear weapons.
“In his first term, President Trump’s Maximum Pressure Campaign delivered successful results, crippling the Iranian regime and limiting its ability to spread terrorism and malign influence across the globe. By reinstating this strategy, the Trump administration is sending a strong message to Iran and the international community, reversing years of damage caused by the Biden administration’s weak policies that have emboldened the IRGC. Today, I am leading a letter to President Trump, applauding his administration’s strong efforts to disarm Iran and prevent it from developing nuclear-capable missiles or engaging in nuclear weapons-related research. President Trump is proving his administration is committed to striking back against Iran, sending a clear signal that the United States will not allow Iran’s proxies to operate with impunity,” said Congresswoman Tenney.
“Congresswoman Tenney’s leadership on this issue could not come at a more decisive moment. As a result of President Trump’s wildly successful maximum pressure campaign, the United States has tremendous leverage over the regime in Iran. It is important that we deploy it strategically to ensure Iran’s complete and immediate denuclearization. No deal is far better than a bad deal that empowers this terrorist regime or leaves it with the means to ever reconstitute its nuclear program,” said Nick Stewart, Senior Director of Government Relations at FDD Action.
