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Mike Collins: I appreciate the gentleman. Again, it is a matter of now. This has been going on for a while. This has not built up over…

On the recordDecember 2, 2013
I appreciate the gentleman. Again, it is a matter of now. This has been going on for a while. This has not built up over the last couple of weeks that we discovered this problem. This has been a problem with Iran for, you know, going on years now that they have been building this program and really bunkering this program now, which I think your call for transparency really highlights the need that--it is amazing now that all of a sudden they want to be open, but, yet, they only want to be open in a way that they control. But they do want the money. {time} 2000 I mean, I think it goes back to--we can sort of go back here to a quote from an American film, ``Show me the money.'' When you show me the money, you show me Iran's intentions at this point. Because they want the money that has been held up by the sanctions. Why? Because the sanctions have worked. This administration needs to understand: the sanctions have worked. They have worked in a way that we have not seen before. It is not time to abandon those. But as I mentioned just a few minutes ago, I wanted to take some time to highlight a few points from Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's speech. And if you haven't had a chance to hear it--I know my colleague has--many times, we can talk about problems but we don't offer solutions. And I think what he did is to not only highlight the problems with this administration and Iran, but also to engage in solutions as well. So I want to look at it for just a moment.…
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Dec 2, 2013

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