[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 190 (Tuesday, December 15, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H14952]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            WESTERN RESOLVE

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the 
gentleman from California (Mr. McClintock) is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. McCLINTOCK. Madam Speaker, I rise to applaud the passage today of 
H.R. 2194, the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act of 2009.
  Iran's regime has consistently lied to the world over its nuclear 
ambitions. Yesterday's revelation that Iran has been working on nuclear 
bomb detonators should convince even the most naive officials within 
our government of Iran's ultimate intention.
  I do not believe that petroleum sanctions alone will dissuade the 
Iranian regime from its obvious intention to acquire nuclear weapons, 
or from its stated goal of wiping Israel off the map, or from its 
unremitting hostility toward our own country; but I do believe that it 
will send a vital message of growing Western resolve at a critical 
moment in world history.
  Iran should interpret the House action today as an overwhelming 
expression of American commitment that spans the wide spectrum of 
political views within our Nation.

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