Without question, we are playing a winning hand with strong sanctions and we can't back off, and we are in a different situation now that I want to address.

We need to go after Mahan and we are going after general service providers and third parties, imposing secondary sanctions.

We are not faltering on the economic pressure campaign. We are not stepping away from this one iota.

The Iranian rial is now trading somewhere around 140,000 to the dollar. It's lost more than two-thirds of its value.

If history teaches anything, it teaches that simpleminded appeasement or wishful thinking about our adversaries is folly.

I hope you look at that because that's something we think will be passed out of the Senate with this Congress and use that as another tool in your arsenal because we'll do the follow-up and ask why are these entities not being sanctioned.

We have sanctioned 212 Russia-related individuals and entities and we have targeted key sectors of their economy.

Are we going after the bigger ones? Because secondary sanctions are some of the most powerful tools that we can have.

Are we taking our duty to our constituents seriously? Are we living up to Article One of the Constitution? This is the people's House.

If we are going to bring the North Korea conflict to an end peacefully, we need all people at the table.

We don't want to do that. We want this to come to an end.

I expect strength in the face of Russian aggression.