WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey issued the following press release:
Trump deal caves to Saudi demands, fails "Gold Standard" test
Letter Text (PDF)
Washington (September 25, 2026) - Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), co-chairs of the bicameral Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group, today sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio demanding that the Trump administration abandon its reckless nuclear deal with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which fails the Gold Standard nonproliferation test by surrendering two key conditions: the strictest inspection standards under the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)'s Additional Protocol and denying Saudi Arabia the means to produce weapons-...