>> congressman, there is an enormous amount of question in the region, not just by irania iranians, bu, but by otherwise o whether or not the united states of america means what it says. they ask me all the time, are you guys serious about iran? i'm sure when they come and visit with you they look to you for reassurances with respect to america's position on iran there is no question in my mind that the president of the united states does not bluff, and he is committed that iran will not have a nuclear weapon. but if we fail to enforce the standard that has been in existence for almost 100 years regarding weapons of mass destruction we are putting that in question in the minds of a lot of observers and creating problems for ourselves. where we may get closer to a test that cannot be constrained or managed as a consequence of the misinterpretation of our word today. i believe it is critical to do other things, i say, without any question in my mind, if we fail to pass this, those who are working with us today with the syrian opposition, and i know congressman engal, you know this, we've