Steve Chabot actually said...

"Under the current economic conditions, it simply cannot be."

"I think it is clear that Venezuela, and Chavez in particular, has been using American money, essentially, either to bribe or influence other nations in this hemisphere."

"The threat posed by Iran takes on a new and more ominous geostrategic significance when coupled with the potential of an Iran base of operations in our own hemisphere."

"The possibility, however, of an Iranian-Venezuelan alliance is particularly concerning."