[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 165 (Thursday, November 17, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H6274]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              TOOLS TO PREVENT VIOLENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST

  (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 week this House passed two important 
measures dealing with the problems we have in the Middle East. One 
measure on extending the Iran sanctions, the ability for the President 
to authorize those that would have expired at the end of this year, was 
passed by this House in order to give this administration and the next 
one tools needed for the bad behavior of Iran that it continues to 
exhibit. We cannot trust that they will continue to adhere to the bad 
agreement that was made.
  Also an important measure was that for Syria to cause sanctions 
against their proclivity to bring violence upon their citizens. We need 
both of these measures for this President and this administration 
currently and, very importantly, going into the next one to be able to 
enforce against these bad activities that are happening in the Middle 
East.
  I urge the Senate to take up these measures. I urge this President to 
pass these measures, so we have these important tools to prevent this 
kind of violence in the Middle East using our sanction ability.

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