Getting Tough on Iran

Co-Sponsor of the Iran Counter-Proliferation Act

• Congressman Murphy is a co-sponsor of the Iran Counter-Proliferation Act, H.R. 1400, a bill that places stricter limits on U.S. exports to Iran and prohibits all Iranian imports. It forbids nuclear cooperation between the United States and any nation that provides nuclear assistance to Iran.
• This bill highlights a pragmatic way forward to slow, and maybe stop, the Iranian weapons programs that could present a grave threat to the United States and its allies in the Middle East, Europe, and around the globe.

Co-Sponsor of the Iran Sanctions Enabling Act

• Congressman Murphy is a co-sponsor of H.R. 2347, the Iran Sanctions Enabling Act. This tough legislation empowers state and local governments to pressure the Iranian regime by divesting their pension fund assets from companies with investments of $20 million or more in Iran’s energy sector. The legislation also makes it easier for investment firms and pension fund managers to divest funds from these companies without risking legal action, and would support divestment efforts in states, localities and at universities.

Condemning Calls to “Wipe Israel Off the Map”

• Congressman Murphy is a co-sponsor of and voted for H.Res. 435, a resolution urging that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad be charged with violating the 1948 Genocide Convention and the UN Charter because of his calls for the destruction of Israel.
• During his most notorious address on this topic at the 2005 World Without Zionism Conference in Tehran, Ahmadinejad urged that Israel be “wiped off of the map.” The 1948 Genocide Convention not only prohibits genocide but it also prohibits “direct and public incitement to commit genocide.” This resolution passed the House on June 20, 2007 by a vote of 411-2.