GRANGER STATEMENT ON THE PASSAGE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE IRAN SANCTIONS, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND DIVESTMENT ACT
Washington- Congresswoman Kay Granger (TX-12) released the following statement regarding the conference report on the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act (H.R. 2194):
“I applaud today’s passage of the most aggressive, targeted Iran sanctions this Congress has ever approved. While this action is long overdue, we are actively demonstrating to Tehran that we will use all means necessary to prevent them from becoming a nuclear power, stopping their continued support of international terrorism and confronting their abysmal human rights record. Iran’s dependence on imported gasoline and the international banking sector are among the most promising targets. Today’s report that Iran is bracing for the latest round of sanctions only goes to show that we may have found the regime’s Achilles Heel.
“Iran’s nuclear intentions are not peaceful but meant to bully and intimidate. Iran has deceived weapons inspectors and world leaders who legitimately wanted to work toward a peaceful solution. With the announcement that Iran is sending a Red Crescent flotilla - with the intention of breaking the Israeli naval blockade – it only further demonstrates that they want confrontation.
“I now call on the President Obama to apply these sanctions forcefully. The Congress has overwhelmingly given its bipartisan approval and it is now the administration’s duty to enforce.”