[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 107 (Friday, July 10, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H5035]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
NUCLEAR AGREEMENT WITH IRAN
(Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Madam Speaker, yesterday, Committee on
Foreign Affairs Chairman Ed Royce, with Ranking Member Eliot Engel,
conducted an informative hearing on the implications of the nuclear
agreement with Iran.
The witnesses who provided enlightening testimony were the Honorable
Stephen Rademaker, Dr. Michael Doran, Dr. Michael Makovsky, and Dr.
Kenneth Pollack. Their varying opinions confirm my concerns, as
expressed in a July 6 editorial from The Washington Post:
``If it is reached in the coming days, a nuclear deal with Iran will
be, at best, an unsatisfying and risky compromise. Iran's emergence as
a threshold nuclear power, with the ability to produce a weapon
quickly, will not be prevented; it will be postponed by 10 to 15 years.
In exchange, Tehran will reap hundreds of billions of dollars in
sanctions relief it can use to revive its economy and fund the wars it
is waging around the Middle East.''
The President needs to change course and recognize that moral
relativism is dangerous with opponents who promote ``Death to America,
Death to Israel.'' The President can avoid a legacy of fanatics with
nuclear warheads on ICBMs targeting American families.
In conclusion, God bless our troops, and the President, by his
actions, must never forget September the 11th in the global war on
terrorism.
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