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|   | Press Release                                                       |   |
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|   |   **FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE \           **CONTACT: Matt Lloyd\        |   |
|   |   July 16, 2008**                     (202) 226-4379**              |   |
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|   | **PENCE URGES CONGRESS TO TAKE A STAND AGAINST IRAN**               |   |
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|   | *Calls on Colleagues to Cosponsor H.Con.Res. 362*                   |   |
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|   | WASHINGTON, DC--- U.S. Congressman Mike Pence gave the following    |   |
|   | speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives today,     |   |
|   | urging Congress to send a message to the government of Iran by      |   |
|   | supporting House Concurrent Resolution 362, a resolution that       |   |
|   | states that sanctions on Iran will continue so long as Iran harbors |   |
|   | nuclear ambitions.                                                  |   |
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|   | **"No one wants war with Iran.**                                    |   |
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|   | **"But America and her allies have been exerting increased          |   |
|   | diplomatic and economic pressure to move the nation of Iran and its |   |
|   | government away from developing a nuclear program.**                |   |
|   |                                                                     |   |
|   | **"In May, Congressman Gary Ackerman and I introduced bipartisan    |   |
|   | legislation, H.Con.Res. 362, urging this Administration to impose   |   |
|   | expanded economic sanctions on key sectors of the Iranian economy.  |   |
|   | It appears it's having an effect.**                                 |   |
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|   | **"In what's being reported today as 'the closest contact between   |   |
|   | the two countries since the Iranian revolution of 1979,' this       |   |
|   | weekend U.S. Ambassador William Burns will meet with top arms       |   |
|   | negotiators from Tehran. It will be more of a listening session and |   |
|   | should not be overstated.**                                         |   |
|   |                                                                     |   |
|   | **"However, I would offer that this glimmer of hope in these        |   |
|   | negotiations is precisely because of the resolve of the United      |   |
|   | States and the European community to economically and               |   |
|   | diplomatically isolate Iran over its nuclear ambitions.**           |   |
|   |                                                                     |   |
|   | **"But, now is not the time for us to shrink from applying renewed  |   |
|   | diplomatic pressure. I urge all of my colleagues to join            |   |
|   | Congressman Gary Ackerman and I in cosponsoring H.Con.Res. 362      |   |
|   | before this weekend.**                                              |   |
|   |                                                                     |   |
|   | **"Let's send a deafening message to the negotiators in Iran that   |   |
|   | the American people stand for diplomatic and economic isolation of  |   |
|   | their country until they abandon their nuclear ambitions."**        |   |
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