Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for yielding. The President's policy towards Iran is to tear up diplomacy and embrace so-called maximum pressure. The most recent strike, far from making us safer, is making us more insecure. Think about the deliberate consequences from that act: One, the Iraqi street is demonstrating against the U.S., not against Iran, as they were before; Two, the Iranian street is demonstrating with the mullahs against the U.S. instead of against their own government; Three, the Iraqi parliament voted to expel the United States from Iraq, jeopardizing our anti-ISIS mission; Number four, our military has suspended training for anti-ISIS activities in Iraq because of this strike; Number five, the Iran nuclear deal that the President tore up that Iranians complied with, they are now renouncing, so we are closer to a nuclear Iran than we were before. All of this has happened when the likelihood of Iran's further responding is grave. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired. Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I yield an additional 15 seconds to the gentleman.”