Tehran Incitement to Violence Act

Floor Speech

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of passage of H.R. 6230, a bill that seeks to apply standard International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA, property-blocking sanctions against a set of Iranian religious and government figures, as well as the institutions they represent, who have publicly threatened the life of the President of the United States and allied leaders.

No matter my disagreement with the President and his policies, these threats are unacceptable.

The bill also includes reasonable waiver authorities that allow the executive branch to scale these sanctions up or down, preserving diplomatic leverage.

To be clear, many of the sanctions' targets, and in some cases their entire networks, are already subject to U.S. sanctions under current authorities. Additional listings may feel satisfying, but they will not on their own cause a meaningful change in Iran's calculus or behavior.

Sanctions by themselves are not a strategy, and they are not a substitute for one.

What we need from the Trump administration is an end to this costly war, followed by a clear articulation on an Iran strategy that protects the American people, supports our partners, and restores credible diplomacy.

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Mr. BERA. Mr. Speaker, I am prepared to close, and I yield myself the balance of my time for the purpose of closing.

Mr. Speaker, I support this bill because threats made against the United States President and others by those this legislation targets are completely unacceptable.

I encourage my colleagues to support this measure, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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