On the recordApril 8, 2014
There is a deeply troubling matter that has come before our government here in the United States. Once again, Iran is at the bottom of it. They have shown since 1979, since President Carter basically was pushing for the ouster of the Shah, we turned on an ally who was not a good man necessarily, but we--well, actually, President Carter--hailed the Ayatollah Khomeini as a man of peace. What has been wrought--to use the words of Samuel F. B. Morse--has been years and years of terrorism in the hands of violent radical Islamic jihadists. Then we get word that Iran has named one of the people involved in the original hostage-taking incident in Tehran in 1979 as its Ambassador to the U.N. At this time, I want to recognize my very good friend from Colorado (Mr. Lamborn), who has really taken the lead in an appropriate response from our House.
