[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15493]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             IRAN SANCTIONS

  (Mr. HOLDING asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HOLDING. Mr. Speaker, a nuclear-armed Iran is simply unacceptable 
and would pose a grave national security threat to our Nation and our 
allies.
  Sanctions against the Iranian regime are having an effect on their 
nation's economy and remain a key tool for U.S. policymakers. 
Unfortunately, the Obama administration is asking to delay new 
sanctions following all the talk about historic, high-level meetings, 
and phone calls.
  Mr. Speaker, now is not the time to be fooled by the rhetoric coming 
out of Tehran, especially as they push harder every day to develop a 
nuclear bomb. Before we even begin to discuss any deal with Tehran, we 
need to increase the pressure that has been working. It's time for the 
Senate to pass the House's new round of sanctions, which recently 
passed on this very floor with 400 votes.
  Each day the Iranian regime is able to further drag out the promise 
of talks is another day that centrifuges will keep spinning. Once 
they're done spinning, they won't have any need to talk again.

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