[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16063]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                 IRANIAN ELECTIONS: WHERE'S THE PROOF?

  (Mr. STEARNS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. STEARNS. Good morning, Madam Speaker.
  My colleagues, it is vital that the elected officials in the United 
States express their solidarity with those who peacefully advocate for 
freedom in Iran.
  It is clear that the votes in the Iranian elections were manipulated. 
An analysis by the London-based Chatham House, a British think tank, 
found that the turnout in two provinces exceeded 100 percent, along 
with other fraudulent activities. How could they count 40 million votes 
in 4 hours, many of them paper votes?
  Let's see a list of registered voters and voter turnout by province 
and how these elections compare with earlier Iranian elections. These 
are crucial questions and considerations in determining the validity of 
these elections.
  I agree with the President that the disputed elections are a matter 
for the Iranians to resolve themselves. However, as a leader of the 
Free World, the President should have stepped up earlier in support of 
the pro-democracy demonstrators and in condemning the attacks on them. 
And he should ask, Where is the proof? Where is the proof in the 
Iranian elections?

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