Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 3783) to provide for a comprehensive strategy to counter Iran's growing presence and hostile activity in the Western Hemisphere, and for other purposes, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 3783 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Countering Iran in the Western Hemisphere Act of 2012''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) The United States has vital political, economic, and security interests in the Western Hemisphere. (2) Iran is pursuing cooperation with Latin American countries by signing economic and security agreements in order to create a network of diplomatic and economic relationships to lessen the blow of international sanctions and oppose Western attempts to constrict its ambitions. (3) According to the Department of State, Hezbollah, with Iran as its state sponsor, is considered the ``most technically capable terrorist group in the world'' with ``thousands of supporters, several thousand members, and a few hundred terrorist operatives,'' and officials from the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Qods Force have been working in concert with Hezbollah for many years.…”