Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, as we have told ourselves time and time again, the first purpose of this body is to help this government defend its citizens against external national security threats. I believe that the most dangerous threat to peace on the planet today is the danger of Iran gaining nuclear capabilities. Yet the majority of this Congress has prevented us from even voting on a military contingency plan to prevent Iran from gaining this deadly capability. Mr. Speaker, the reality is that Iran is moving inexorably toward the capability to have nuclear weapons. If they gain those weapons, we will see proliferation across the world, and I am convinced that terrorists will gain this deadly technology. If one such weapon is detonated in the United States of America, it will change our concept of freedom forever. Mr. Speaker, there should be an opportunity for this body to vote to make it clear that if Iran continues to pursue that, that the military option is on the table. There are only two reasons, in my judgment, ultimately that Iran will not pursue this capability: that is a military intervention, or the conviction on the part of Iranian leaders that that will indeed take place if they do not desist from this effort to gain nuclear capability. Mr. Speaker, the highway of history is littered with the consequences of strategic ambiguity. And this is a danger here today.”