mr. ackerman, and mr. burton for introducing this resolution. i ask that the house join us in voting in favor of this resolution and in support of further measures to address the comprehensive threat posed to our nation and to our ally, israel, by iran, by syria, and - by the militant proxies. among other steps that the united states should take is to stop the failed policies of engagement with the syrian and iranian regimes which have not advanced our interest but has lent those dictatorships undeserved legitimacy. we should also continue to stand unequivocally with our ally, israel, and oppose all efforts to deny israel its sovereign right to self-defense, the very right that staff sergeant shalit was exercising when he was kidnapped by hamas. with that, madam speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. ackerman: i want to thank the the gentlewoman from florida, the distinguished ranking member of the committee, for her state

mr. ackerman: mr. chairman, i rise in strong support of the disclose act and offer a very simple but also very important amendment which simply adds the words "clear and conspicuous" as a requirement of disclosures that covered organizations are required to submit to shareholders, members or donors under the bill. in the wake of the supreme court's ruling in citizens united, corporations now have a first amendment right to spend millions or even billions of dollars of shareholder money to defeat or support candidates for public or political office. while this ruling is now united states law, the disclose act takes the appropriate step of mandating that corporations tell their shareholders how they're using the money. after all, investors in a company have a right to know how their company is using their money. but the underlying bill fails to ensure that these corporate disclosures are made clearly and understandably or that they are printed in such a way that allows shareholders to see them. mr. speak

mr. ackerman, two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. ackerman: i thank the chairman for his leadership. mr. speaker, this bill has peace, real peace, great big, nasty sharp teeth that are finally going to force businesses and banks around the world to choose between the american economy and financial system or business as usual with iran's dictatorship. this bill has real sanctions. not maybe sanctions, not sort of sanctions, but real sanctions. this bill has real sanctions investigations requirements, not maybe we'll look at and not we'll try to get it -- to it when we can. but clear and legal requirements to investigate potential violations. in short, this is a bill that forces the question, will the world watch passively as iran crosses the nuclear arms threshold or are will we join together to compel iran to pull back from the nuclear brink? we cannot guarantee the success of these measures. ultimately the choices lie with the regime in tehran. but it should be clear that we are doing all we can to impose on iran the highest possible

mr. ackerman, two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. ackerman: i thank the chairman for his leadership. mr. speaker, this bill has peace, real peace, great big, nasty sharp teeth that are finally going to force businesses and banks around the world to choose between the american economy and financial system or business as usual with iran's dictatorship. this bill has real sanctions. not maybe sanctions, not sort of sanctions, but real sanctions. this bill has real sanctions investigations requirements, not maybe we'll look at and not we'll try to get it -- to it when we can. but clear and legal requirements to investigate potential violations. in short, this is a bill that forces the question, will the world watch passively as iran crosses the nuclear arms threshold or are will we join together to compel iran to pull back from the nuclear brink? we cannot guarantee the success of these measures. ultimately the choices lie with the regime in tehran. but it should be clear that we are doing all we can to impose on iran the highest possible