[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 154 (Friday, September 26, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Page S9641]
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  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I want to provide some comments for the 
Record with respect to S. Res. 580. This resolution expresses the sense 
of the Senate on preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons 
capability.
  Today, I have agreed to cosponsor S. Res. 580, introduced by Senator 
Bayh, Senator Thune, and Senator Smith. This resolution makes clear the 
need to take economic, political, and diplomatic action to prevent Iran 
from acquiring the capability to develop nuclear weapons.
  S. Res. 580 sends an important message, and I support the policy 
reflected in this resolution. I did work with the authors of the 
resolution, however, to come to an agreement on a few minor changes to 
the resolution. For example, the word ``importation'' should be 
replaced with the word ``exportation'' on page 6. That's a technical 
change. I also wanted to see the word ``banning'' replaced with the 
phrase ``encouraging foreign governments to ban.''
  Again, my staff and I have worked with Senator Bayh and his staff to 
address these two concerns, and he's graciously agreed to work toward 
incorporating these changes prior to any action by the Senate. On the 
basis of that understanding, I have agreed to cosponsor S. Res. 580.

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