[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 128 (Tuesday, September 8, 2015)]
[House]
[Pages H5807-H5808]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL
(Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was given permission to address the House
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Madam Speaker, this week, we will debate and vote
on one of the most consequential national security and foreign policy
issues that we have faced in quite some time--the Iran nuclear
agreement.
This deal allows Iran to continue to enrich uranium and to keep in
place nearly every key aspect of its nuclear program. It also provides
an economic lifeline to the Iranian regime, with billions of dollars in
sanctions relief, which will fund Iran's support for terror and its
other acts of belligerence in the region.
This deal also lifts the arms embargo on Iran, lifts sanctions on its
ballistic missile program, and lifts certain sanctions on the Iranian
Revolutionary Guard Corps and its leader, like Qasem Soleimani.
This is not a partisan or a political statement--this is the grim
reality of the situation. This deal, as it has been presented to
Congress and to the American people, will not prevent Iran from
becoming a nuclear weapons state. As such, it is incumbent upon us to
reject this weak and dangerous Iran nuclear agreement this week.
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