[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17039]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     NUCLEAR NEGOTIATIONS WITH IRAN

  (Mr. HOLDING asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HOLDING. Madam Speaker, President Rouhani of Iran is doing 
exactly what he was put in power to do: get the Obama administration to 
weaken international economic sanctions.
  Our sanctions, Madam Speaker, are working. Unfortunately, Secretary 
Kerry and this administration have been chasing an agreement with Iran 
that relaxes sanctions and allows Iran to continue enriching material 
and developing their heavy-water reactor. This is an outcome that the 
regime in Tehran desires, and they won't have to make any concessions 
to get it.
  Madam Speaker, the tentative deal does nothing to address Iran's 
sponsorship of terrorist organizations, like Hezbollah, nor does it 
deal with their overt persecution of religious minorities in Iran or 
their vast human rights abuses. As Prime Minister Netanyahu stated, 
``This is a very, very bad deal.''
  The administration needs to stop negotiating bad deals and cease 
their efforts to block a new round of sanctions.

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