I hope you agree with me that the best peaceful diplomacy tool left to us to stop Iran's march toward nuclear weapons is the vigorous enforcement of the sanctions policy that we presently have, particularly the Central Bank of Iran.

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One of my concerns I mentioned in the opening statement is that places like Venezuela and Bolivia require no visa from Iran.

Several of you mentioned uranium exploration. This is something that we have sought to address in the Iran sanctions bill...

There have been independent sources that have stated that Hezbollah has training camps in the jungles of Venezuela.

That's why we definitely need to be engaged.

Our concern here is obviously substantive and we think that it is important to review all of the views that exist, to understand the depth of Iran's intentions and clarify their participation.

We live in a new world. It is a world in which an airplane used for commercial and business travel has become a weapon of mass destruction.

Iran seeks to increase its stature by countering U.S. influence and expanding ties with regional actors in Latin America.

I think that targeting the IRGC is exactly right.

the amendment that I authored and was passed 100 to nothing on sanctioning the Central Bank of Iran...