"I hope that our administration strongly urges the Iranian regime to release Pastor Abedini so he can be reunited with his family."
"I have grown weary of the President's war weariness. I have called for months for action in Syria."
"I hope that we don't, unfortunately, devolve into a look backward 10 years or more into what took us to war in Iraq."
"Mr. Rouhani is not a moderate. He was part of the 1979 ruling clique, and a devoted follower of Ayatollah Khameini."
"The Iranian elections were not free and fair. They were a sham election and Iran is a sham democracy."
"If Iran wants to rejoin the civilized world, it's very clear what they should do, not have sham elections."
"I did not introduce this amendment to tongue tie the clerk of the committee, but to fix what I think is a potential gap in our sanctions regime."
"I think Mr. Grayson has raised at least one hypothetical in which my amendment could be over-broad if someone in the third degree of consanguinity has naturalized and become an American citizen."
"I agree with my colleague from Ohio that this legislation may be the last best chance to stop Iran's nuclear weapons program before an act of war."
"And the only thing they understand is iron will, and I think this amendment shows the iron will of the committee to stop or take all measures necessary to stop the Iranian regime from obtaining nuclea..."
"I am happy and honored to be offering this bipartisan amendment with my colleagues from Massachusetts and Illinois."