[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 16660-16661]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       IRANIAN NUCLEAR SANCTIONS

  (Mr. PERRY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PERRY. Mr. Speaker, the day following the announcement of a 7-
month extension to nuclear talks, Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah 
Khamenei, did a victory lap. He said,

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``In the nuclear issue, America and colonial European countries got 
together and did their best to bring the Islamic Republic to its knees, 
but they could not do so, and they will not be able to do so.''
  These remarks are incredibly disturbing, especially when coupled with 
his earlier intention of building 100,000 centrifuges. The Iranian 
regime is essentially bragging that they are running circles around 
Western negotiators by achieving sanctions relief without indicating 
any change in behavior.
  The economic effects of tough sanctions brought Iran to the 
negotiating table to begin with. We must continue to hold Iran's feet 
to the fire with economic sanctions. To do otherwise plays right into 
Iran's hands and may force our allies in the region, particularly 
Israel, to take matters into their own hands.

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