[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17315]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                  IRAN

  (Mr. QUIGLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. QUIGLEY. Madam Speaker, if anyone had any doubt that Iran was 
pursuing a nuclear weapon, they can stop their questioning. Iran is 
pursuing nuclear weapons, and according to a new report by the 
International Atomic Energy Agency, they could have a bomb within a 
year.
  Iran is not only developing the material for a nuclear weapon, but, 
as the report makes clear, they are also pursuing the means to trigger 
and deliver a nuclear bomb, posing a threat to our ally Israel, our 
troops, and the entire region.
  Given the report's findings, claims by Iran's leaders that their 
nuclear program is peaceful are no longer credible, and the window for 
action to stop them is shrinking. We must execute crippling sanctions 
immediately. Specifically, we must put in place debilitating sanctions 
on the Central Bank of Iran, a crucial financier of Iran's nuclear 
program.
  There can being no doubt that Iran is pursuing a nuclear bomb. There 
can be no doubt that we must and will do what it takes to stop them.

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