On the recordSeptember 10, 2015
I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, in terms of viewing this as the most intrusive regime, I remember South Africa. We put the kinds of sanctions on South Africa that we tried to get the administration to put on Iran. We had legislation here by a vote of 400-20 to do that, and the administration blocked that legislation in the Senate. That would have given us real leverage. Why do I think so? Because in South Africa, when we put those sanctions on, it actually gave the regime a choice between compromise on its nuclear program and dropping apartheid and changing its system or economic collapse. The choice was made in South Africa to turn over their nuclear bomb to the international inspectors. Now, I would consider that an intrusive regime. I wouldn't consider this one. In the case of Libya, they turned over their weapons programs to international inspectors, allowed them in, allowed them to take them out. I don't know why we say this is the most intrusive regime. It seems to me that, clearly, in cases where we actually forced the issue, where we actually in South Africa put the totality of sanctions in place, that Congress both in the House and the Senate in a bipartisan way felt were mandatory to force the South African hand. In that case, yes, we got them to give up their nuclear capabilities and their right to enrich and all of that. I don't see that here. I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Garrett).
