The latest member of Congress to oppose the Iran nuclear agreement is Rep. Donald Norcross (D-N.J.), a freshman lawmaker from New Jersey, The Hill reported on Thursday, August 20th.
Norcross came out against the deal late Tuesday, the same day fellow Democrat and New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez came out against the agreement.
“The Iranian regime is a known sponsor of terrorism that has made no secret of its hatred for both the United States and Israel,” Norcross said .
“Providing relief for them by lifting economic sanctions now essentially rewards past behavior and infuses billions of dollars into the their economy that could be used to buy more weapons and outsource more terror,” he said.
“Moreover, the deal does not provide enough assurance that Iran will be restricted from developing or acquiring nuclear weapons. So this windfall may ultimately help fund their nuclear ambitions,” he added.
Norcross’s opposition brings the number of Democrats opposing the deal to 12, according to The Hill’s whip list. 
“There’s a general concern about this agreement and what effect it might have on the security of the United States, Israel, and the whole world, and that’s why they’re coming out here, to show their concern and to learn more about it,” Mark Hess, an organizer of the event where Norcross spoke, told CBS.
A representative for New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker told CBS that Booker is still studying the deal.
Congress is expected to vote on the deal in September. Republicans plan to introduce a resolution of disapproval of the nuclear deal, which, if passed, would prevent the president from being able to lift U.S. sanctions on Iran in exchange for limits to its nuclear program.
The president is expected to veto that resolution, which could only be overridden with two-thirds of Congress.