Political Quotes

“I thank Ranking Member Ken Calvert for yielding. I am grateful to support two amendments, Nos. 94 and 95 to division A of H.R. 7617. These two amendments would prohibit taxpayer money from going to the Badr Organization and other murderous Iranian-backed militias comprising the Popular Mobilization Units. The Badr Organization, perhaps the largest and most murderous Iranian-backed militia in Iraq, which has oppressed the people of Iran, was founded by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps with the mandate to export Iran's failing Islamic revolution. They are controlled by the tyrannical regime in Tehran and have a long history of involvement in attacks directly targeting Americans and our NATO allies in Iraq. Their deranged leader proudly brags of his involvement in the New Year's Eve attack on unarmed civilians at our Embassy in Baghdad. Badr and other cowardly Iranian-backed militias should not be the beneficiaries of U.S. aid. They have blood on their hands, and the American people should not be funding them. I urge my colleagues to support these amendments and the underlying bill.”