Wendy Sherman

It is my honor today to welcome to the House of Representatives His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad. He is with us today in the gallery. His Holiness is the worldwide spiritual leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community, which has tens…

On rollcall No. 26, had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.'' Amendment No. 5 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman…

I thank the gentleman. Again, this is one of the strongest, perhaps the strongest nonproliferation bill to come before Congress, and I urge its adoption.

I thank the gentleman for his generous grant of time, especially because he will probably disagree with almost everything I have to say. I'd like to thank Chairman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen for bringing together the best ideas of so many…

I thank the gentleman from Ohio for his generosity, especially because he will probably disagree with most of what I have to say. As to the consistency of America's nonproliferation policy, I believe we are consistent. We are consistent…

Thank you. The adoption of H. Res. 306 would add the powerful voice of the United States Congress to the defense of religious freedom for Christians in present-day Turkey and reinforce the traditional leadership of Congress in defending…

Iran has really only two allies left: Syria and Hezbollah. And when, indeed, Bashir al-Assad steps aside, which he most undoubtedly will do--it is just a matter of when, not if--Iran will lose one of its last proxies in the world.

President Ahmadinejad, himself, recently characterized our sanctions as 'the heaviest economic onslaught on a nation in history.'

the international environment is changing on a daily basis and probably one of the most significant things that will happen sometime in the near future is a change in Syria.

We recognize both the urgency... that our line needs to accelerate.

We think that, as we sit here today, the right thing to do is to proceed with a multilateral effort to isolate the Central Bank of Iran.

Everything we do every day takes any timeframe you have seen in a published report and makes it longer.

Our overall policy regarding Iran is clear. First and foremost, we are determined to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

clearly that is nobody's preferred course of action, but the President has said and has repeatedly said that all options remain on the table

American policy regarding Iran is clear: First and foremost, we are determined to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

Our objective with Iran is for them not to have them and to lengthen the period of time for as long as possible that it will take them to get there.

I think a couple of points. One, as the Under Secretary said, we absolutely share your sense of urgency and that time is not on our side.

But I think what we need to do is to get every single country we can to imagine exactly what you said, Congressman, what would have happened if this had been successful?

As you point out, Congressman, the most extreme is one that I think none of us want to see, though the President has said in instances like this, we always leave all options on the table and that is true here.

The administration has implemented almost all of the sanctions listed in that Act.

We are absolutely committed to following through on the enforcement of all of our sanctions.

I think, going to the end of your comment, we would agree.

Iran has not been serious. Iran has not been sincere.

There are many tools on the table--many tools on the table--and all countries have to do is pick them up and make them real.

We urge Chinese companies to discontinue activities in Iran's energy sector.