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“THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E1422-E1423 on June 26, 2007.
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THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS AND RELATED PROGRAMS
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008
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speech of
HON. ROBERT E. ANDREWS
of new jersey
in the house of representatives
Thursday, June 21, 2007
The House in Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union had under consideration the bill (H.R. 2764) making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes:
Mr. ANDREWS. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of the Foreign Affairs Appropriations bill passed last week, which included language authored by myself and Congressman Mark Kirk ordering the State Department to report to Congress on the feasibility of restricting gasoline to Iran. Restricting refined gasoline to Iran is one way to pressure the regime to give up its efforts to develop nuclear weapons.
Due to economic mismanagement by the Iranian government, this leading OPEC nation now heavily depends on refined gasoline from abroad to run its economy. One Dutch company, Vitol, is the main broker of Iranian gasoline imports and one British company, Lloyd's of London, insures most of the tankers transporting gasoline to Iran.
I have long advocated for economic sanctions against Iran as part of an international diplomatic effort to halt the regime's pursuit of nuclear weapons in defiance of the United Nations. An international restriction on the supply of gasoline would serve as a critical diplomatic tool to deny Iran the ability to further its efforts to acquire nuclear weapons. Therefore, I strongly urge the State Department to advocate for a gasoline embargo on Iran as a sanction at the United Nations Security Council.
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