[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 187 (Monday, November 13, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H5716]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       UNFREEZING IRANIAN ASSETS

  (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 guess we need to remind the Biden 
administration that there is a gigantic problem in the Middle East, 
most of it caused by Iran, the major sponsor of terror in the world, in 
Yemen, threatening our Saudi friends and, of course, all around Israel.
  What is the remedy? A few weeks ago, it was to unfreeze $6 billion 
worth of Iranian assets in order to help them fund whatever activity, 
which is probably going to be terror.
  What is the Biden administration considering now? Another $10 billion 
in unfrozen assets to allow them to continue this battle. You have to 
ask the question: Whose side are they on?
  It makes absolutely no sense to give them more materiel, more assets, 
more ability for them to make war against our ally at a time when we 
are contemplating sending significant resources, as we should, to our 
ally, Israel. Yet, we can't get out of our tracks around here enough to 
do so.
  Mr. Speaker, they need to think much harder about what they do with 
Iran and allowing them to be a sponsor of terror.

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