On the recordJuly 7, 2016
In closing, it is interesting that he singles out this particular situation, because, if we were to look at every place to which we send any kind of armament that, maybe, some people would disagree with sending it to, we may not be selling anything to anyone throughout the world because there are plenty of people who oppose just about everything. I mean, we probably would only be sending stuff to the British and to no one else, perhaps, and everybody else would be in trouble. So that is not such a strong argument. The thing is that, if we start nitpicking--and I am not saying the gentleman is--this piece and that piece and that piece, then we could find so much that we can't send to Iran, and we will have no relationship at all. The whole purpose of what we are trying to do here is to establish some sort of understanding of who they are and an understanding of what their behavior is, but to still hope that, through conversation, though diplomacy, through other means, we can reach agreements that are good for us, good for them, and good for the world and world peace. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
