"Shrinking Iran's oil exports to less than 0.5 million barrels a day will be the strongest step we have taken thus far."
"I believe the designation is long overdue."
"With Iran moving full speed ahead on its nuclear weapons program, time is of the essence."
"I am alarmed about that. America is alarmed about that, and they are looking to us as Members of Congress to ask the hard questions about why."
"I am convinced that Iran will continue on this path until the sanctions bite so bad that the regime must relent or face upheaval."
"From day one the Obama administration has reached out to the Iranian regime. Unfortunately, that hand has been met with more centrifuges, more missiles, and more stonewalling."
"Iran's drive for nuclear weapons is a threat not only to the United States and Israel but to the entire global community."
"Iran is the largest state-sponsor of terror, lending support to Hezbollah, Hamas, and other anti-Western militant groups."
"I am convinced, as are 325 of my colleagues, that only when the Iranian leadership truly feels a choice between maintaining power and the bomb does our diplomacy have a chance to succeed."
"Terrorists can keep coming at us and they only have to succeed once. We have to stop them every time."
"It is unfortunate that the FBI has chosen to obstruct this committee's oversight, jurisdiction of events leading up to a terrorist attack on our country."