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On the recordApril 22, 2010
There are ugly signals saying that one Holocaust is not enough, that the Jewish state should be wiped off the face of the Earth. We ignore these ugly signals at our own peril. We should learn the terrible history of the thirties and not repeat it. We should act swiftly, decisively and united with the rest of the world to impose meaningful sanctions on the Iranian Government that will prevent the day of an Iranian nuclear weapon from ever occurring. I thank the chairman for his leadership on this issue, urge a ``yes'' vote and the swift adoption of the underlying legislation.
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Rob Andrews
Democratic · New Jersey

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The speaker addresses the need for sanctions against Iran to prevent nuclear weapons.

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