I think the administration's export control reform efforts are moving in the right direction.
Howard Berman
The Public Record
The reform of U.S. export controls on defense and defense-related items is long overdue.
The current system of export controls now harms our national and homeland security, as well as our ability to compete economically.
Part of your testimony says that we shouldn't stop just at the reforming of the U.S. Munitions List and the Commodity Control List, but there should be new management models for licensing.
We applaud Ranking Member Berman's introduction last year of H.R. 3288, which SIA supports like AIA.
The behavior of the Iranian regime poses a significant danger to its own people, its neighbors, and the security of the United States.
Though our goal has not yet been reached, thanks to the leadership of this Congress and the Obama administration, more pressure has been placed on the Iranian regime than ever before.
I appreciate that very much. Just on this one issue, there is nothing in this bill that prohibits Americans from having contact with Iranians. There is nothing in this bill that prohibits the President of the United States or his Secretary…
May I inquire of the Chair how much time I have. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from California has 4 minutes.
Again, I would like to repeat that this crisis only ends one of three ways. Iran gets a nuclear weapons capability, and don't listen to straw man arguments. No one is saying Iran today has a nuclear bomb, but the IAEA has made it perfectly…
I think I am the last speaker on my side of our side who intends to speak on this issue. How much time remains? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from California has 1 minute remaining, and the gentleman from Ohio has 2 minutes…
I do support the motion, Mr. Speaker. The SPEAKER pro tempore. On that basis the gentleman from Ohio will control the 20 minutes in opposition.





