[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 25, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H292]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       SUPPORTING PEOPLE OF IRAN

  (Mr. McCORMICK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McCORMICK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the people of 
Iran as they struggle against an oppressive and dangerous regime.
  I also commend our great Iranian-American community in Georgia and 
across this Nation who hope that their friends and family on the other 
side of the world may one day have the freedom and prosperity we all 
enjoy in the United States. They are great patriots and valued 
citizens.
  For 4 consecutive months, Iranians have been protesting and calling 
for the downfall of the clerical regime in Tehran. Their rulers have 
brutally repressed dissidents and protesters, killing women who violate 
their dress codes and men who stand up for their sisters, mothers, 
wives, and daughters.
  In the 117th Congress, 260 bipartisan Members of Congress cosponsored 
H. Res. 118, which expressed unequivocal support for the Iranian 
people's desire to establish a secular, democratic, and nonnuclear 
republic.
  I hope that we can attract even more bipartisan signers for our 
resolution this week, of which I am a proud cosponsor.

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