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On the recordMay 17, 2012
Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the appropriate place in title XII of division A of the bill, add the following: Subtitle--Prevent Iran From Acquiring Nuclear Weapons and Stop War Through Diplomacy Act SEC. _1. SHORT TITLE. This subtitle may be cited as the ``Prevent Iran from Acquiring Nuclear Weapons and Stop War Through Diplomacy Act''. SEC. _2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) In his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech on December 10, 2009, President Obama said, ``I know that engagement with repressive regimes lacks the satisfying purity of indignation. But I also know that sanctions without outreach--and condemnation without discussion--can carry forward a crippling status quo. No repressive regime can move down a new path unless it has the choice of an open door.'' (2) In his address to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee on March 4, 2012, President Obama said, ``I have said that when it comes to preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, I will take no options off the table, and I mean what I say. That includes all elements of American power.…
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Democratic · California

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