Bipartisan Majority Members of the House Support H. Res 166

Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Tom McClintock (CA-05) released the following statement on H. Res 166:

"I am pleased to announce that H. Res. 166 supporting a democratic, secular, and nonnuclear Republic of Iran has crossed an important threshold. A majority of the entire House of Representatives has now joined to co-sponsor this resolution, comprised of 136 Republicans and 83 Democrats.

"This truly bi-partisan and broad-based House majority endorses the general principles propounded by Iranian democracy groups, most notably the ten-point plan proposed the National Council of Resistance of Iran. It calls for the universal right to vote; free elections; a market economy; separation of religion and state; gender, religious, and ethnic equality; a foreign policy based on peaceful coexistence; peace in the Middle East; and a nonnuclear Republic of Iran. It also condemns the Iranian regime's terrorism, regional proxy war and internal oppression.

"Over 4,000 parliamentarians worldwide, "the majority of 33 national legislative assemblies, over 130 former world leaders and 80 Nobel laureates have endorsed these principles and I am gratified that a majority of the entire House has stepped forward to support this resolution."

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