Mike McCaul

We must stand with the hostages and the families here with us today and all of those in Israel.

I strongly support this measure. And I am thankful to my colleague Representative Stevens for introducing this resolution.

These hostages must be released immediately and unconditionally.

I must, respectfully, oppose it. This bill contains behavior-based termination criteria for the sanctions described.

I do not trust, nor can I verify in this case.

I think it's appropriate that their names be in this legislation.

And the only rational thing is to make sure that Iran does not get funds to use to fund terrorism to wipe out Israel and slaughter Jews, period.

I think it would be irresponsible and reckless, quite frankly, to do this.

I just do not trust this Administration, given the conduct that set this whole deal up in the first place.

And to cap it all off, 91 percent of the Iranian oil exports are being bought by China, the largest part of Iran's economy.

This makes no sense to me.

This Administration has allowed Iran back into the global economy.

Sanctions relief and appeasement under the past Democratic Administrations absolutely aren't accomplishing any diplomatic objective.

Iran is the world's largest and No. 1 State sponsor of terrorism.

I remain 100 percent not convinced that the status quo will keep these funds from being used by Iran for terror activities.

It would be irresponsible to allow another cent to flow to Iran.

There is no acceptable response to this brutal terrorist assault other than to impose new restrictions to permanently prevent Iran from tapping into a $6 billion windfall.

Cutting a $6 billion deal with a leading State sponsor of terrorism... is in my judgment foolish and only incentivizes more hostage taking.

I am relieved that Americans held hostage by Iran are safely at home. They have been through a terrible ordeal and should never have been imprisoned.

I think a lot of people did not know what captagon was prior to the Hamas invasion of Israel.

I am grateful to support my colleague and friend, French Hill, in this critical legislation to hold the mass murdering regime of Bashar al-Assad accountable for his narcoState in trafficking the dangerous drug captagon across the region.

I ask for my colleagues' support. And I yield back the balance of my time.

While I commend the Biden Administration and the United Kingdom jointly for using Caesar sanctions...

I have been to the region, Mr. Chairman, three times this year, and captagon has come up in every visit...

To ensure stability in the region, the U.S. Government must continue to work with our allies and partners...