December 13, 2011 | Quote
Adam Smith: I Am NOT Trying to Water Down the Iran Sanctions Legislation
House Foreign Affairs ranking Democrat Howard Berman (D-CA), who announced yesterday that he would definitely not be the one carrying the administration's water on the issue, is one of the other key voices within the conference.
“I will not, and Congress should not, give into entreaties from the administration or elsewhere … to dilute our approach to sanctions on the Central Bank of Iran's petroleum transactions,” Berman said to applause at a conference on Thursday sponsored by the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, a conservative policy and research organization. “The Kirk-Menendez amendment is a good amendment.”
Menendez also spokes at the FDD conference and doubled down on his push for the stronger measures.