Howard Berman: “I am only going to use a moment of the time simply to address the issue that my friend from Ohio talked about with…”

“I am only going to use a moment of the time simply to address the issue that my friend from Ohio talked about with respect to sanctions. The focus on unilateral sanctions without international support versus effective multilateral sanctions, that distinction was not made by my friend from Ohio. The fact is that this administration and this Congress, through legislation, working in coordination with the members of the Security Council, our friends in the European Union, our allies in Asia, have put together a multilateral level of sanctions that has never been seen before. And old studies regarding the effectiveness of unilateral sanctions in terms of altering a country's behavior are not applicable in this situation because we are deeply committed to the understanding that we will estop this kind of proliferation in which we have the support of all of the countries of the world who are committed to and adhere to the nonproliferation treaty. And I suggest with that that I should yield back the balance of my time.”