Joe Wilson

These are puppets. These are dictators, rule of gun, opposing democracies, rule of law.

We have a war criminal Putin, we have the Chinese Communist Party, we have Iran.

The people of the United States stand with the people of Ukraine, stand with the people of Israel, stand with the people of Taiwan.

It is inconceivable.

You and your husband indeed are an inspiration to persons such as myself.

Congressman Wilson and Cohen introduced a bill requiring the secretary of State to determine whether my husband has been wrongfully detained.

Democracies are facing the dictators and will face the dictators, despite whatever detractors that we could find in any other political party.

Worldwide there is a recognition of the bravery of the people of Ukraine.

Indeed, something that would be helpful to us is for our NATO allies all to really achieve the 2 percent of expenditures for self-defense for military.

We need to address the attention of political prisoners and those who have been taken hostage and kidnapped around the world.

I also want to thank Chairman Joe Wilson, Ranking Member Dean Phillips, and Representative Claudia Tenney for being original co-sponsors of this legislation.

Today, I want to speak briefly in support of H.R. 1809, Block the Use of Transatlantic Technology and Iranian Made Drones Act.

As President Biden said, there are moments in this life when the pure unadulterated evil is unleashed in this world.

Sadly, we are in a situation today we did not choose where we must act to prevent further hostage taking by--of Americans by a dictatorial regime in the war of dictators against democracies, the Axis of Evil, Putin, the regime in Tehran…

I oppose this amendment by my friend Congresswoman Jacobs, and President Connolly, and Ranking Member Meeks, which removes a critical provision urging the Secretary of State to declare United States passports invalid for travel to Iran.

The horrific terror attacks on Israel by Iran-backed Hamas further underscores the barbarity of the regime as it seeks to fulfill its mandate of death to America and death to Israel.

American policies should be what was declared in 1797 by South Carolinian, American ambassador Charles Cotesworth Pinckney to France, millions for defense, not a penny for tribute.

Taking hostages is a murderous tactic in the war between dictators of rule of gun opposing democracy's rule of law.

The dictatorial regime in Tehran, which oppresses its citizens of Iran, has increased its inhuman policy of hostage-taking in recent years.

We need to take our enemies seriously.

We are in a war of dictators with rule of gun opposing democracies with rule of law.

This bill pushes the Administration to impose Levinson Act sanctions on hostage-taking.

We want freedom for the people of Iran, the courage--and to recognize the courage of the protesters in 4,000 different communities.

We have to recognize this. We have to do better in our, you know, military, economic, and political pushback of the Islamic Republic and stop the rehabilitation of the Assad regime.

We should be working together... the world is so inspired by the Iranian people and their pursuit of basic human dignity.