Jody Hice: “I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise in great frustration in opposition to this politically- motivated resolution.…”

“I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise in great frustration in opposition to this politically- motivated resolution. It is nothing but a blatant attempt to handcuff the President's ability to defend our citizens and our allies. Just this morning, U.S. intelligence officials reported that they are now confident that Ukraine Airlines 752 was shot down by Iranian surface-to-air missiles, another 176 innocent lives lost. The Islamic Republic of Iran has been hostile to our Nation for decades, and yet it has certainly escalated in the last several months with a campaign of antagonistic military action. Have my Democratic colleagues forgotten about the shipping vessel sabotaged by naval mines last May and June, or the American drone shot down over international waters, or the British oil tanker seized by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, or the Saudi oil facilities that were attacked? And then when an American citizen was killed in an attack on Kirkuk Air Base in December and our Embassy in Iraq subsequently overrun, our President drew a line in the sand. Yet, after months of tremendous restraint, the President was determined that not one more American life would be lost by this hostile Iranian regime, and I fully support the President in his actions.…”