earlier this year the united states seized a shipment of arms bound for the houthi militia. have no doubt that the houthi militia are the clients and the stooges and the agents of iran who are attempting to take over control of yemen which is an important nation, particularly because it would steer graphic location on the straits of hormuz. have no doubt about what the situation would be strategically if the iranian sponsored houthis control yemen. have no doubt about the threat that is to the united states of america and freedom of navigation. houthi aggression against saudi arabia has displaced over 75,000 saudis and killed hundreds of civilians. if if militias were attacking our borders and launching missiles into our territory and our friends refused to help us defend ourselves, we would certainly question the value of that friendship. this is why this sale is more important than just a sale. it is a message. the sale will give saudi arabia tanks it has used to defend its own country from houthi attacks. the united states has no evidence that saudi arabia has used the ta

provided testimony to the iranian regime's direct support of groups like hamas, hezbollah, militias, the houthis in yemen and syrian president assad's regime in damascus. prior to the joint comprehensive plan of action, the united states led sanctions regime decimated the iranian economy, suffocating domestic industry and causing the iranian real to free fall. however, during this economic duringess, the regime continued to provide billions to these destabilizing groups instead of providing for its citizens. this bill, offered by mr. poliquin of maine, h.r. 5461, will provide the citizens of the islamic republic of iran who have suffered great economic hardship as a result of the rogue government's nefarious policies, will provide them with the transparency necessary to see how the other half lives. so this bill will make a positive advancement in change in their lives, the ability for them to see corruption in their economy and corruption in their government, and it will be for our security as well. so i urge my colleagues to support the bill and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields ba