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| http://goodlatte.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=684 | Goodlatte Votes to Condemn Ransom Payments to Iran | 2016-09-22 | 2016 | 2016-09 | Republican | House | VA | Robert Goodlatte | G000289 | goodlatte.house.gov | legacy | On January 17, 2016, an unmarked airplane transported $400 million in cash to Iran, coinciding with the release of five American hostages. According to the State Department, the sum was paid to Iran for undelivered military equipment from the 1970s. However, the payment was withheld from Iran until the American hostages were released. Since news of these actions went public last month, questions have arisen about the nature of this payment and whether it was in fact a ransom payment to Iran. Tonight, Congressman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) released the following statement on passage in the House of Representatives of H.R. 5931, the Prohibiting Future Ransom Payments to Iran Act, by a vote of 254-163:“While the State Department refuses to call this $400 million in cash paid to Iran a ransom payment, the timing of the payment is certainly no coincidence. Paying ransom has serious foreign policy implications and does more harm than good. It empowers, emboldens, and incentivizes our adversaries across the globe to capture and hold Americans hostage for ransom. Tonight, I supported the Prohibiting Future Ransom Payments to Iran Act to prohibit all cash payments to Iran – period. H.R. 5931 also requires greater transparency to Congress on any future settlements with Iran. The Obama Administration has misled the American people, putting more American lives in harm’s way. These actions will not stand. The United States must continue to stand our ground against deplorable actions of terrorists, not cave to them or those who seek to support them.” | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |