Eliot Engel: “In closing, I, again, urge my colleagues to support this resolution at this critical time. I thank my colleague, the…”

“In closing, I, again, urge my colleagues to support this resolution at this critical time. I thank my colleague, the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Kildee), for his work on this. We are in the final days of the nuclear negotiations, as has been mentioned before, with Iran. And as the families of these Americans point out, when these negotiations are over, if we do nothing, so too may be the chance of the United States to engage directly with Iran over the fate of their family members. So we must not let this opportunity go to waste. We call on Iran to release Amir Hekmati, Jason Rezaian, Saeed Abedini, and Robert Levinson; to live up to their pledge to provide further information about Robert Levinson; and to bring these men home to their families. I urge my colleagues to support this resolution. I yield back the balance of my time.”