[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5450]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     DEFUND NUCLEAR DEAL WITH IRAN

  (Mr. BABIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BABIN. Mr. Speaker, the Obama administration's foolish nuclear 
deal with Iran continues to get more troubling and damaging by the day.
  Last week, we found out that the administration was spending $8.6 
million of our hard-earned tax dollars to buy nuclear material from 
Iran. That is right: the United States Government is borrowing money 
from China and the rest of the world to buy heavy water from Iran, 
water used in nuclear reactors.
  This is insanely foolish. I thought that the goal of Obama's nuclear 
deal was to stop Iran's nuclear program, not subsidize it.
  Iran remains the world's leading sponsor of terrorism. They have been 
directly tied to the deaths of thousands of U.S. servicemembers. 
Providing the Iranian regime with millions of tax dollars only gives 
them new financing to spread hateful ideology, terror, and death across 
the globe.
  The Obama administration's payments to this terrorist regime further 
legitimize their growing nuclear ambitions. Is it any wonder that our 
allies no longer consider the United States a reliable partner?
  Appeasement only emboldens bullies, terrorists, and dictators. Sadly, 
this is the path that this current administration has chosen.

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