[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13940]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Texas (Mr. Williams) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. WILLIAMS. Mr. Speaker, as this President comes closer to his 
final year in office, it is no secret that he only cares about shaping 
and molding his legacy.
  When discussing the Iran deal last year, his Deputy National Security 
Advisor said to reporters: ``This is probably the biggest thing 
President Obama will do in his second term on foreign policy. This is 
health care for us.''
  Four years earlier, that health care--ObamaCare--was described by our 
Vice President as a ``big--explicative--deal,'' but only time will 
shape this President's legacy.
  Seventy-five years ago, Winston Churchill proclaimed that Neville 
Chamberlain had a ``precision of mind and an aptitude for business 
which raised him far above the ordinary levels of our generation.''
  Although this description is far too generous to describe our current 
President, who has no aptitude for business, Mr. Chamberlain was 
portrayed in a very different light than he is today. If he could be 
characterized in one word today, it would be ``appeaser.''
  Regardless of his intellect, Mr. Chamberlain's incorrect decision to 
concede to Adolf Hitler's demands for the purpose of avoiding a 
conflict in Europe overshadowed anything else he ever accomplished as 
Prime Minister.
  Mr. Speaker, the Iran deal, I believe, is President Obama's 
Chamberlain moment.
  As the Associated Press reported 2 weeks ago, under this deal, Iran 
``will be allowed to use its own inspectors to investigate a site it 
has been accused of using to develop nuclear arms.''
  These reported ``secret deals'' acknowledge what many of us have 
known to be true and confirm what President Obama and his 
administration still deny--that this deal is based on trust.
  This deal is based on trusting the Iranians in that they will not 
break their promise to build a nuclear bomb. How can we trust Iran's 
Supreme Leader, who chants ``death to America'' and ``death to 
Israel''? How can we trust a Supreme Leader who said this week that 
Israel will not exist in 25 years?
  As the former Democratic chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations 
Committee appropriately said, this deal would be ``the equivalent of 
having an athlete accused of using performance enhancing drugs submit 
an unsupervised urine sample.''
  Any deal with Iran must protect America's interests at home and 
abroad, and this deal does not.
  As Israel's Prime Minister warned in his speech before this very 
Chamber only a few months ago, Iran's regime poses a grave threat not 
only to Israel, but to the peace of the entire world.
  The President and his deal supporters have ignored these warnings. 
This deal will shift the balance of power in the Middle East. This deal 
goes against the wishes of Israel, our greatest ally in the region.
  I challenge all of my Democratic colleagues who support this deal to 
come to the floor and look into the camera--and, quite frankly, look in 
the mirror--so, when history comes full circle, the American people 
will know who in this body let our Neville Chamberlain give Iran the 
bomb.

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  Despite the warnings from those within his own party and leaders of 
ally nations, this President has made it clear he is not concerned 
about the safety of Americans.
  This President and his administration have made it clear they are not 
concerned about Israel. This President and his administration have made 
it well known that they are not concerned about the fate of the world. 
And this President and his administration are only concerned with the 
legacy they have in the future.
  For that reason, I ask you, Mr. Speaker, is this President prepared 
to suffer the same legacy as Neville Chamberlain?
  I urge President Obama and his administration to simply let their 
conscience be their guide.
  In God we trust.

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