January 9, 2020 - Issue: Vol. 166, No. 5 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 2nd Session

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                 CALLING FOR COHERENT STRATEGY ON IRAN

  (Mr. TED LIEU of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TED LIEU of California. Madam Speaker, I rise because it is one 
of the highest forms of patriotism to speak out when a government 
engages in reckless military action that could lead us to war.
  I previously served in Active Duty in the United States military, and 
the goal of any military action should be to make us more safe, not 
less safe.
  Unfortunately, as a result of Donald Trump's impulsive 
decisionmaking, the following negative consequences have happened. Iran 
is no longer abiding by any limits on its nuclear program. The Iranian 
people who previously were protesting their own leadership have now 
rallied behind their government. The Iraqi parliament recently voted to 
kick U.S. troops out of their country, one of the goals of Iran. And we 
have had to stop counterterrorism actions against ISIS.
  This was a lose-lose-lose decision. We don't need the President to 
make any more reckless decisions. We don't need him to tweet out flag 
pictures. We need the President to articulate a coherent Iran strategy, 
which he still has failed to do.

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