[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 83 (Monday, May 21, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H4271]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  SECRETARY POMPEO DIDN'T MINCE WORDS

  (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, I rise tonight to commend our Secretary of 
State, Mike Pompeo, for his first major foreign policy speech this 
morning.
  Secretary Pompeo didn't mince words, saying Iran would be hit with 
the strongest sanctions in history if their government does not change 
their aggressive behavior in the Middle East.
  After rightly pulling the U.S. from the Iran nuclear deal, this 
administration has made it clear: They are willing to actually solve 
the Iran problem, unlike the previous administration or those before 
that.
  Secretary Pompeo laid out the conditions Iran must meet: cease their 
nuclear program; end support for terrorist groups such as Hamas, al 
Qaida, and Hezbollah; and withdraw from Syria, among others.
  It is a long list of actions, but as Secretary Pompeo noted, it is a 
list of Iran's own creation, not ours.
  I want to see a peaceful Middle East as well, a solution for the 
people of Iran themselves--next year will be 40 years under this type 
of regime. Before that, they had freedom--especially for the women of 
Iran that would like to enjoy the freedoms to associate as they see 
fit.
  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank Secretary Pompeo for his 
commitment to researching an agreement and holding Iran accountable.

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