[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 112 (Tuesday, July 12, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H4674]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    IRAN DEAL DOOMED FROM BEGINNING

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, this Thursday marks the 1-year anniversary 
of the Iran nuclear deal.
  Despite assurances from the Obama administration, it is clear we need 
to do more to curb Iran's state sponsorship of terrorism, human rights 
abuses, and their ability to destabilize the region. This week, the 
House of Representatives will vote on commonsense measures to address 
these concerns.
  Heavy water plays an important role in developing nuclear weapons. 
Yet the Iran nuclear deal allows Iran to possess heavy water up to a 
certain amount and then sell any additional heavy water on the 
international market.
  As a result, the United States, in April, purchased 32 metric tons of 
heavy water from Iran, which means we are currently subsidizing and 
rewarding Iran's production of a key building block for a nuclear 
weapons program. This just doesn't make sense and is certainly outside 
of the idea of the deal that was made over a year ago; that, combined 
with testing of missiles, new contracts for Iran, and the $150 billion 
that was released to them.
  H.R. 5119, introduced by my colleague, Representative Pompeo, would 
further prohibit that. H.R. 5631 would hold Iran accountable for its 
State sponsorship of terrorism and other threatening activities. We 
need to move these measures and hold them accountable.

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