We need a significant covert action against Iran.

We need to send a clear message to Iran, and we need to respond effectively to Iran.

We need to seize their financial assets. We need an offensive cyber campaign against them.

We need more aggressive designations. We need the expulsion of Iranian and Hezbollah operatives in this country.

Finally, we need to support this resistance of movement within Iran, this youthful secular movement to finally overthrow the Ayatollah Khomeini.

I think that is similarly a mission for this committee.

It will send a clear message to those who seek to harm us that you won't hide, and you won't escape justice.

The world is a safer place now that Awlaki is no longer a part of it.

So we honor his memory today and the other Secret Service employees who were among the first responders of 9/11.

I thank you for your collaboration, and I have seen it first-hand.

Oral Statement