<p>Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) slammed President Joe Biden this week for unfreezing $6 billion in assets for the Islamic Republic of Iran in exchange for getting five American hostages released from the country.</p>
<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken approved the deal last week, and Congress was notified Monday as lawmakers and officials honored the 22nd anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.</p>
<p>&#8220;Well, unfortunately, you know, we have sanctions in place to try to discourage the number one state sponsor of terrorism, which is Iran, from developing a nuclear weapon,&#8221; Cornyn said in a Fox News interview. &#8220;But it doesn&#8217;t do much good when the Biden administration decides to write them a $6 billion check. And of course, the money is fungible, it can be used for any purpose, offset other expenses, and the like. And I can&#8217;t think of one single thing that they could do that would actually encourage more hostage taking than to pay off the Iranians for these five hostages.&#8221;</p>
<p>Cornyn said that he was happy that the hostages will get to go home to their families but the actions of the Biden administration only &#8220;guarantees there&#8217;s going to be more hostage taking&#8221; and it &#8220;undermines the sanctions we have in place in order to discourage Iran from developing that nuclear weapon.&#8221;</p>
<p>Cornyn then responded to Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi contradicting the Biden administration&#8217;s claims that the $6 billion can only be used for humanitarian aid.</p>
<p>&#8220;This money belongs to the Islamic Republic of Iran, and naturally, we will decide, the Islamic Republic of Iran will decide to spend it wherever we need it,&#8221; Raisi said. &#8220;How to spend our money of course, it is under the authority of the Islamic Republic of Iran.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Cornyn said that he had &#8220;zero confidence in the Biden administration&#8217;s ability to monitor the expenditure of these funds.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I have absolutely no confidence in the Biden administration&#8217;s ability to monitor how these funds are being spent,&#8221; he reiterated.</p>
<p>&#8220;The question is, are we trying to deter Iran from developing a nuclear weapon with which to wipe Israel off the map and create potentially another world war or not?&#8221; Cornyn concluded. &#8220;And clearly giving them $6 billion, I don&#8217;t care whether it&#8217;s their money or somebody else&#8217;s money, giving them access to that undermines that deterrence and basically helps them get away with it.&#8221;</p>
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