[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17989]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            OH, WHAT A DEAL

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the secret nuke deal with Iran over 
Thanksgiving is ``alarming,'' sayeth the Saudi prince.
  Prime Minister (Neville) Chamberlain would have been proud after the 
West gave the snake oil salesman of the desert, Mr. Rouhani, exactly 
what he wanted--time and money--to pursue his quest for nuclear 
intimidation.
  Although the former Czechoslovakia was not in the trade, it looks 
like the appeasement West was willing to sell out Israel and Saudi 
Arabia for ``peace in our time.'' Israel and Saudi Arabia, like the 
former Czechoslovakia, did not get to vote on this deal of the century. 
Neither country likes the bad deal because they are the meal in Iran's 
hostile appetite.
  To make matters worse, Iranian state news reports the United States 
unfroze $8 billion in Iranian assets and reduced sanctions even before 
the United States gave away the farm and the mineral rights. Isn't that 
lovely?
  Iran left Geneva with a smile, pockets of money, and fewer sanctions. 
The United States got the promise that Iran will be nice and not nuke 
its neighbors. Oh, what a deal.
  And that's just the way it is.

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