[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 1260]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, as part of the Iran nuclear deal, the 
Iranian regime will receive up to $150 billion in sanctions relief. 
Secretary of State John Kerry has admitted that some of the sanctions 
relief will go to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, which provides 
funding and training to terrorist groups like Hezbollah and Hamas. The 
Revolutionary Guard Corps is also responsible for supporting Shia 
militias that killed American troops and are currently fueling 
sectarian tensions in Iraq.
  Like most of my colleagues in Congress, I opposed the Iranian deal 
and continue to believe it will not guarantee a nuclear weapons-free 
Iran.
  But the simple fact that this deal has moved forward should not be an 
excuse for allowing sanctions relief to benefit terrorists.
  Yesterday the House passed a commonsense bill that prohibits 
President Obama from removing sanctions on foreign financial 
institutions that are doing business with Iran's Revolutionary Guard 
Corps. I urge immediate adoption of this legislation.
  We also need to deal with the victims of Iran's terrorism--Americans 
who were subject to terrorism by Iranian actions. Out of the $150 
billion, up to $40 billion of awarded money should be received by these 
people because of this action.
  The Obama administration has already made too many of these 
concessions. We can still prevent sanctions relief from ending up in 
the pockets of terrorists.

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