Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution (H. Res. 568) expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the importance of preventing the Government of Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the resolution. The text of the resolution is as follows: H. Res. 568 Whereas since at least the late 1980s, Iran has engaged in a sustained and well-documented pattern of illicit and deceptive activities to acquire a nuclear capability; Whereas the United Nations Security Council has adopted multiple resolutions since 2006 demanding the full and sustained suspension of all uranium enrichment-related and reprocessing activities by the Iranian Government and its full cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on all outstanding issues related to its nuclear activities, particularly those concerning the possible military dimensions of its nuclear program; Whereas Iran remains in violation of all of the aforementioned United Nations Security Council resolutions; Whereas, on November 8, 2011, the IAEA issued an extensive report that-- (1) documents ``serious concerns regarding possible military dimensions to Iran's nuclear programme''; (2) states that ``Iran has carried out activities relevant to the development of a nuclear device''; and (3) states that the efforts described in paragraphs (1) and (2) may be ongoing; Whereas as of November 2008, Iran had produced, according to the I…”