Rep. Kelly Calls on Congress to Stop President Obama’s Iran Deal
Condemns deal at Capitol Hill rally, on House floor
“We are sacrificing the safety of 330 million Americans for the legacy of one man”
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA) – a member of the House Ways and Means Committee – delivered two public addresses this week in strong opposition to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action negotiated by the Obama administration with Iran over the future of the Islamic Republic’s nuclear capabilities. The first speech took place yesterday at a rally hosted by Tea Party Patriots on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol. The second speech was delivered earlier today on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Highlights of Rep. Kelly’s speech at “Stop the Iran Nuclear Deal” rally:
“In two days on Friday, we’ll be commemorating the loss of 3,000 innocent Americans due to terrorists that attacked us on our ground, in our country, and in our time. I am telling you that we cannot stand to see this happen anymore. And as we watch Iran right now, every day chanting ‘Death to America!,’ ‘Death to the Great Satan!,’ and ‘Death to Israel!,” we need to echo what we said on September 11th before, and that is, ‘Never Forget!’”
“My friends, this is only over when we say it’s over. When we walk away, we lose. This is not an option. This is a challenge for our generation and we cannot walk away.”
“Pray for the Lord to give us the strength to continue to stand against the greatest evil in the world and pray that we can keep our position and never ever turn our backs on the 1.4 million Americans in uniform that have died to give us this privilege.”
Highlights of Rep. Kelly’s speech on House floor:
“I stand before you today not to speak for Republicans but to speak for America. When [nearly] 80 percent of the American people say no to this deal, how can America’s House, how can we, who have been elected by the American people, come here and say, ‘You are wrong and we are right’? A vote for this deal is a vote against the American people.”
“History tells us that Chamberlain, in 1938, came home from meeting with Hitler and said, ‘Peace for our time.’ Judas went to the Last Supper and pointed to the Lord and they gave him the 30 pieces of silver. We’re not even getting 30 pieces of silver.”
“President Obama says this is the best deal we can get. In my lifetime, anytime anybody comes back from a negotiation and says, ‘This is the best we could do,’ it means they lost. They did not get what they wanted; they got the best they could, and in this case it’s a losing hand.”
“This deal endangers the safety, security, and stability of not only America but the entire world. This deal comes with absolutely no accountability, no verification, and no enforceability. … This gives the American people nothing. This gives Iran everything.”
“In just 20 hours we are going to commemorate the 14th anniversary of a terrorist attack on the United States. And we are going to grant the biggest state sponsor of terrorism in the world $150 billion to show how much we have turned a deaf ear to the cries of the dead, and a blind eye to the destruction of America that day. To sit here and even begin to think that this is somehow good for America is false. To try to sell this to American people is a lie. We are sacrificing the safety of 330 million Americans for the legacy of one man. That is not what America wants, that is not who America is, that is not who America should ever allow itself to be.”
“As tomorrow dawns and the sun comes up, all you have to do is turn your ears to the East and our enemies will be shouting, ‘Death to the Great Satan, death to America, death to Israel!” and the Supreme Leader himself says that within 25 years there will be no Israel. The hypocrisy to stand before this House today, America’s House, and sell the American people down the river because of one man’s legacy is a travesty of who we are, and it’s more than that: it flies in the face of 1.4 million Americans in uniform who have given their life to give us this opportunity to defend this nation.”
NOTE: Rep. Kelly’s remarks were delivered in anticipation of consideration by the House of Representatives of the following measures:
H. Res. 411: A resolution finding that the President has not complied with section 2 of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015. [Rep. Kelly supports this resolution.]
H.R. 3460: A bill to suspend until January 21, 2017, the authority of the President to waive, suspend, reduce, provide relief from, or otherwise limit the application of sanctions pursuant to an agreement related to the nuclear program of Iran. [Rep. Kelly supports this bill.]
H.R. 3461: A bill to approve the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, signed at Vienna on July 14, 2015, relating to the nuclear program of Iran. [Rep. Kelly opposes this bill.]
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