[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 22968]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              {time}  1015
                         IRAN IS GOING NUCLEAR

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, Iran's rogue regime is getting closer 
and closer to going nuclear. And if we want to get their attention, we 
have to do something real: sanction Iran's gasoline imports. That's 
where Ahmadinejad is vulnerable. The tiny tyrant doesn't have enough 
oil refineries, and Iran imports 40 percent of its gasoline. We must 
make it pretty painful to be Iran's gasoline supplier. If we're waiting 
on the United Nations, that's not going to happen. Russia and Iran are 
just too cozy, and Russia will probably veto any sanctions. Also, 
Ahmadinejad's twin terrorist tyrant Moammar Qaddafi and the Libyans 
have a temporary seat on the Security Council. Libya will never vote to 
sanction their terrorist buddies. U.N. sanctions are a hapless 
illusion.
  While the world talks, Iran test-fires missiles that could hit 
Israel, and they soon will have missiles that could hit Europe and the 
United States. Iran is the number one supplier of terrorism worldwide. 
A nuclear Iran is not an option. Peace-loving nations should sanction 
Iran's gasoline imports and encourage the Iranian people to change 
their reckless regime.
  And that's just the way it is.

                          ____________________