[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 24 (Monday, February 6, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E96]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ROB MALLEY MUST RESIGN

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                            HON. JOE WILSON

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, February 6, 2023

  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker it is outrageous for 
President Biden to waive sanctions on nonproliferation activities 
involving Iran, particularly in light of Iran's continued noncompliance 
with its Comprehensive Safeguards. Agreement. Iran is racing towards a 
nuclear weapon while developing intercontinental ballistic missile 
technology and a wholesale crackdown on its own people, yet President 
Biden's Special Envoy for lran, Rob Malley, will not stop in his absurd 
efforts to re-enter a failed nuclear agreement with the country. Iran 
has already threatened to vaporize Israel and deliver a nuclear attack 
on America.
  Malley even told the BBC last week that President Biden ``never said 
that the possibility of an understanding with Iran was dead. In fact, 
we have said the exact opposite time and time again.''
  It is obvious that the administration is showing weakness in 
confronting Iran which will put our ally Israel, and others in the 
region, in grave danger.
  America will always stand with Israel. Rob Malley must resign 
immediately, and President Biden must end these concessions to Iran and 
return to a smart policy on Iran of maximum pressure on the regime 
while supporting the democratic aspirations of the people.
  Mr. Malley's record both in government and outside of it is 
concerning. As former President of the NGO, International Crisis Group 
(ICG), Malley strongly advocated against President Trump's maximum 
pressure policies and for a weak foreign policy on Iran. Even worse, as 
StopAntisemitism.org reported this week, some of those previously 
associated with ICG have gone on to teach college courses calling 
Israel an apartheid state and refusing to acknowledge Israel's right to 
exist. This is sadly a threat to Israel and American families.
  My concerns are still true for on the record comments I made warning 
Mr. Malley almost two years ago, on February 16, 2021, in an op-ed 
entitled ``Failed Obama-era Policy Must Not Be Repeated'' for 
InsideSources.com:

       I am deeply concerned that we are returning to the failed 
     policies of the Obama administration as President Biden 
     establishes a team comprised of the same people whose work 
     led to these problems in the first place: Robert Malley, 
     Brett McGurk, and Colin Kahl. Robert Malley, Biden's choice 
     for Special Envoy to Iran, has a history of troubling 
     comments and policies regarding the Iranian Regime.
       It was Malley who spearheaded Obama's failed policy of 
     working with Iran in the region, including the failed Iran 
     Nuclear Deal, turning a blind eye to Assad's atrocities, and 
     working with Iranian militias in Iraq to fight ISIS. Malley's 
     approach is backward as he believes in alienating our allies 
     in the region Israel, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Jordan, and 
     Turkey, while strengthening our adversaries, Iran, the Assad 
     regime, Hezbollah, and Houthi terrorists.
       Malley argues his approach to Iran is rooted in diplomacy 
     and preventing conflict, but his deal with Iran escalated 
     regional tensions and increased resources available to 
     terrorists.

  May God provide his blessings for a free Iran. God bless our troops. 
God bless the United States of America.

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