Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, tomorrow at 1 p.m. Congressman Ted Deutch and I will convene a hearing on the threats that an Iran nuclear deal will have for global security. We are just 5 days away from the deadline, and this is what is airing right now on Iranian State-run television: ``Iran will not even go back one step from the research and development and the enrichment of uranium.'' This leading ayatollah also threatens U.S. military bases and Israel saying that Iranian ballistic missiles can ``hit and raze to the ground anyplace in Israel as well as any American base in the region.'' State- run television. Iran continues to make these overt threats to us and to our ally, the democratic Jewish state of Israel, yet President Obama engages this evil regime as if the nuclear program exists in a vacuum. Mr. Speaker, this is an obtuse and dangerous way to approach the greatest threat to global security, and Congress must not allow any deal with Iran to leave in place the possibility that the regime can obtain a nuclear weapon. ____________________”