[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12019]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     OBAMA'S CASH PAYMENTS TO IRAN

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, sadly, my remarks 
condemning the shocking $400 million ransom payment to Iran were 
understated. Yesterday, The Wall Street Journal revealed:

       The Obama administration followed up a planeload of $400 
     million in cash sent to Iran in January with two more 
     shipments totaling $1.3 billion . . . lawmakers have voiced 
     concern that Iran's military units . . . would use the cash 
     to finance military allies, including the Assad regime in 
     Syria, Houthi militias in Yemen, and the Lebanese militia, 
     Hezbollah.

  Last month, The Augusta Chronicle disclosed: ``No legitimate case can 
be made that none of the . . . billions . . . will fund terror. It's 
inevitable. The White House even admits it.''
  I appreciate House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce's 
efforts to advance legislation to ensure this can't happen again for 
enemies who still chant, ``Death to America. Death to Israel.''
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and may the President, by his 
actions, never forget September the 11th in the global war on 
terrorism. The President's legacy is American families at greater risk 
of attack, ever, with financing.

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