[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9175]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    IRAN IS DETERMINED TO HAVE NUKES

  (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, in a changing world full of danger, 
the greatest threat to the United States and the rest of the world 
remains the same--the Iranian regime.
  This was once again demonstrated through the words of Iran's Supreme 
Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. In a speech recently, he said that the 
Iranians who wish to negotiate with the United States are committing 
treason. He made it clear that the jihad battle will continue endlessly 
until they ``get rid of the oppressors'' with ``America at the head of 
it.''
  Mr. Speaker, the Iranian regime believes their battle will not be 
over until America is destroyed. The blissful, unrealistic, and naive 
hope to the contrary, Iran has no plans to stop its development of 
nukes. The Supreme Leader said: ``The accelerated scientific 
advancement of the last 12 years cannot stop under any circumstances.''
  Iran has time and time again lied about its nuclear weapons 
capability and development. America should realize that the ruler of 
Iran wants to destroy us in the name of religion by any means 
necessary. The United States should tighten sanctions against Iran, not 
relax them.
  And that's just the way it is.

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