[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12506]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               THE CLANKING BAGS OF FILTHY LUCRE TO IRAN

  (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, during negotiations with the criminal 
Ayatollah, the U.S. paid Iran, the world's largest state sponsor of 
terror, a $400 million ransom to free hostages. Shockingly, the 
administration now has made two additional payments, totaling $1.3 
billion.
  Speculation is our government may have used underhanded and sneaky 
tactics, multiple hard currencies, and precious metals to hide the 
filthy lucre from Americans.
  The government's payments of bags of clanking coins to the outlaw 
nation will not go to build roads and bridges and hospitals. Instead, 
it is going to Iran's corrupt military and helping radical terrorists 
continue to spread murder and aggression.
  Illusionaries say that the Iranian nuclear bribe deal will help us 
live together in peace and harmony. Peace is not what the rogue nation 
wants. They want death to America.
  Why did our government pay off the Ayatollah to preach hate and 
prepare for war? We don't need to pay Iran to hate us. They will do it 
for free.
  And that is just the way it is.

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