Ilhan Omar: “This administration says starving the Iranian economy is in defense of human rights, when it is an abuse of them; and…”

“This administration says starving the Iranian economy is in defense of human rights, when it is an abuse of them; and that their withdrawal from the nuclear deal was a demonstration of American leadership, when it was an abandonment of it. Escalation is deescalation, and war is peace. In fact, they are asking us to deny reality. The reality is that families of American soldiers and diplomats are being kept awake at night worrying. The Iraqi people who suffered decades of unjust war are now unjustly suffering as their country becomes a battleground in a proxy war. The Iranian people have suffered because of maximum pressure and will suffer because of this escalation. John Quincy Adams said: America goes not abroad in search of monsters. America's glory is not dominion, but liberty. This administration has gone abroad in search of monsters to destroy. May God show us the way to freedom, independence, and peace. Mr. McCAUL. Madam Speaker, I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Mast), a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee.”