{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://poliquin.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/republicans-and-democrats-join-pass-rep-poliquin-s-bill-disclose-secret", "Republicans and Democrats Join to Pass Rep. Poliquins Bill to Disclose Secret Funds of Iranian Regime Leaders", "2017-12-14", "2017", "2017-12", "Republican", "House", "ME", "Bruce Poliquin", "P000611", "poliquin.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON \u2013 The U.S. House of Representatives passed Congressman Bruce Poliquin\u2019s (ME-02) Iranian Leadership Asset Transparency Act with broad bipartisan support in a 289-135 vote, including 56 Democrats and Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD-05). This is Congressman Poliquin\u2019s fourth bill to pass the House this year.\n\u00a0\nThe Iranian Leadership Asset Transparency Act publicly discloses the assets of Iran\u2019s tyrannical regime, which have been used to support and sponsor terrorism.\n\u00a0\n\u201cIran\u2019s top regime leaders\u2014the Supreme Leader and the country\u2019s top political and military brass\u2014have amassed huge wealth through their tyrannical rule and corrupt and covert structure,\u201d said Congressman Poliquin. \u201cReports have indicated these funds are being used to support and sponsor terrorism around the region and to undermine our own national security interests. Iran, the world\u2019s leading state sponsor of terrorism, cannot be trusted and it\u2019s important for the security of the region and for the United States for these secret funds to be exposed publicly to the world. I\u2019m extremely pleased my colleagues in the House\u2014Democrats and Republicans\u2014passed this important legislation.\u201d\n\u00a0\nCongressman Bruce Poliquin speaks on the House Floor in support of the Iran Leadership Asset Transparency Act, his fourth bill to pass the House this year.\n\u00a0\nCongressman Poliquin is a member of the Terrorism and Illicit Finance Subcommittee, the congressional body charged with investigating, identifying and helping to disrupt financial sources for terrorist organizations and sponsors of terrorism.\n\u00a0\nBackground on the Iranian Leadership Asset Transparency Act:\n\u00a0\nThe Iranian Leadership Asset Transparency Act will publicize the assets associated with members of Iran\u2019s tyrannical government leadership, including the Supreme Leader of Iran, Members of the Council of Guardians, Members of the Expediency Council and the top military leaders. The Department of Treasury would submit a report to Congress on the assets under control, how the assets were acquired and how they are used by these top political and military leaders. The report would be submitted to Congress and available on the Treasury\u2019s website in English as well as the 3 main languages used in Iran:\u00a0 Farsi, Arabic, and Azeri.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://poliquin.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/republicans-and-democrats-join-pass-rep-poliquin-s-bill-disclose-secret"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4617741107940674, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}