Rep. Williams Works to Block Future Iran Cash Payments

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Roger Williams (R – Austin), a member of the Financial Services Committee’s Task Force to Investigate Terrorism Financing, became an original cosponsor of the Prohibiting Future Payments to Iran Act after the Obama Administration on Tuesday disclosed that it had transferred an additional $1.3 billion in cash to Iran after delivering a $400 million cash payment the same day Iran released American prisoners.

“The Obama Administration needs to stop pretending that any deal is better than no deal,” said Williams. “Iran is our enemy and Iran is the enemy of our most important allies in the region. Barack Obama and John Kerry have coddled Iran’s leadership who publicly promise to wipe America off the map. Our commander-in-chief has decimated our position on the world stage and it’s time for Congress to step in and help rebuild it.”

On Wednesday, Williams suggested that the cash should have been used to improve the quality of care for U.S. veterans instead of being sent to “a state sponsor of terrorism that imprisons American citizens and taunts our Navy.”

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