Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I thank the chairman, Chairman Royce, and I commend both the Speaker and Ranking Member Engel. I am going to miss serving with you, Eliot, as Chairman Royce and I say bye-bye in just a few weeks. But I thank them for always bringing to the floor bipartisan bills that make America a stronger place. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of Mr. Kinzinger's bill, H.R. 4591, the Preventing Destabilization of Iraq Act of 2018. This timely bill will impose sanctions against a multitude of Iranian militias, proxies, terrorist groups, and other nefarious entities that are operating in Iraq. And it makes it clear that the United States will not allow Iran to continue undermining the stability of Iraq. This bill also includes important language authored by our presiding officer, Judge Poe, ensuring that the State Department determines that if certain Iranian-affiliated individuals are operating as terrorists, then they should be designated as terrorists. It further includes language by our great friend Congressman Joe Wilson of South Carolina, requiring a determination on whether Afghan and Pakistani brigades, under the control of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, should also be designated. This is common sense, Mr. Speaker. As Adam Kinzinger knows firsthand, Iran has been working against U.S. interests in Iraq for years, and it is directly responsible for American casualties and is intent on continuing to destabilize Iraq for its own purposes.…”