[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6515]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   A NUCLEAR IRAN IS A SEVERE THREAT

  (Mr. FLEMING asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. FLEMING. Mr. Speaker, the DOD's recently released Military Power 
Report on Iran should be a wake-up call for the President and the 
leadership here in Congress. While I am glad the Pentagon undertook 
this assessment, I and most Americans didn't need a report to confirm 
the Iranian threat is real and credible.
  Iran's extremist regime poses a significant danger to the United 
States and our allies, particularly Israel. Also, because of our 
failure to implement tough sanctions against Iran, many nations will 
feel the need to develop nukes, while we are reducing our stockpile and 
failing to modernize our nuclear inventory.
  In addition, we have halted the production of F-22s, allowed a window 
of vulnerability in missile defense, and have delayed development of 
the NextGen bomber. I hope the Democrat majority and the President do 
not shortchange the DOD again this year on key investments in ballistic 
missile defense, the NextGen bomber, and other vital initiatives to 
protect our homeland and our allies well into the future.

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