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“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Iran remains the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism. According to our Treasury Department, Iran is a critical transit point for funding to support al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan. This network serves as the core pipeline through which al Qaeda moves money, facilitators, and operatives from across the Middle East to South Asia, including al Qaeda's operational commander. Also, Tehran is providing key support to the regime in Damascus, another state sponsor of terrorism that is of proliferation concern and which is currently engaged in the violent repression of the people of Syria. Iran is also directly responsible for the deaths of many Americans. It continues to sponsor violent extremist groups in Iraq and Afghanistan that have killed our men and women in uniform. Just last week, a Federal judge found that the Iranian regime provided material aid and support for al Qaeda's 1998 attacks on the U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. Just imagine what an emboldened Iran would do if allowed to obtain nuclear weapons and the means by which to deliver them. Remember what the regime has already said that it wants to do. Ahmadinejad has openly proclaimed that Iran seeks a world without America and Zionism; and Iran's so-called supreme leader has stated that Iran is prepared to transfer the experience, knowledge, and technology of its scientists.…”