Rep. Lawler on Trump’s ‘Small Potatoes’ Comments on Iran: Any Time You’re at War or in a Military Escalation, It Is Serious

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LAWLER: "No. Any time you are at war or in a military escalation, it is certainly not small potatoes. It is serious. I think we all recognize that ensuring Iran does not possess a nuclear weapon, stopping them from continuing to finance terrorism. Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis and other terror proxies stopping them from mass producing ballistic missiles. Drones which are being used by Russia against Ukraine, is critical, and much of the military operation has been focused on depleting their military capabilities. And in recent months, making sure that they are not blocking the ability of commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. Oil is back up to about 70% of what it was in terms of flowing through the strait. Prior to the conflict. We want to continue the flow, but remember, we don‘t rely on petroleum out of Iran. That is China. And part of what has happened over the last year, you‘ve seen the removal of Maduro in Venezuela and the blockade against Iranian oil flowing has severely impacted China‘s capabilities of getting oil from Venezuela and Iran. That is something that I have targeted legislatively with the ship act, the Iran China energy sanctions act, and something we must continue to prosecute in terms of enacting strong sanctions against China. This is all interconnected, and we need to recognize that."