[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 8 (Monday, January 12, 2026)]
[House]
[Pages H620-H621]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      STANDING WITH BRAVE IRANIANS

  (Mr. KILEY of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KILEY of California. Madam Speaker, today I rise to stand with 
the brave Iranians who are protesting a repressive regime that has 
wrecked havoc on its own people, the region, and the world at large. 
The United States must stand with the Iranian people in this critical 
moment.
  For decades, the Iranian dictatorship has exported terrorism 
throughout the Middle East and beyond, while tormenting its own people. 
At this moment, it has shut down communications nationwide and is 
inflicting violence and death on the courageous people taking to the 
streets.
  This latest wave of repression is a symptom of weakness. Indeed, the 
regime has never been weaker. It is vainly trying to rebuild a nuclear 
capacity that the United States can undoubtedly neutralize again. Its 
economy has been ruined by the regime's self-sabotage.
  It is my hope that the people of Iran do not have to bear the cost of 
this malevolence for much longer. It is my ardent hope that a better 
future, one of

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peace, freedom, and democracy, is not far away for the people of Iran.

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