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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· May 7, 2025

Mr. President, I rise this evening in strong opposition to S.J. Res. 7, the Congressional Review Act resolution that would repeal the Federal Communications Commission's commonsense rule allowing schools and libraries to use E-Rate…

Congressional Record · 2025-05-07
Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· May 7, 2025

It is our government, the United States government, that is absolutely complicit in creating and sustaining this humanitarian disaster.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· May 7, 2025

The time is long overdue for us to end our support for Netanyahu's destruction of the Palestinian people.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· May 7, 2025

More than that, he has repeatedly said that the United States will actually take over Gaza after the war.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· May 7, 2025

There is no ambiguity here: Netanyahu's extremist government talks openly about using humanitarian aid as a weapon.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· May 7, 2025

Given that reality, one might think that there would be a vigorous discussion right here in the Senate: Do we really want to spend billions of taxpayer dollars starving children in Gaza?

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· May 7, 2025

Starving children to death as a weapon of war is a clear violation of the Geneva Convention, the Foreign Assistance Act, and basic human decency.

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August Pfluger
@augustpfluger· Republican · TX· May 7, 2025

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, I thank the ranking member and the gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. Magaziner) for his work on this bill. This is a process that has taken a couple of years, and I believe…

Congressional Record · 2025-05-07
August Pfluger
@augustpfluger· Republican · TX· May 7, 2025

Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 377, I call up the bill (H.R. 881) to establish Department of Homeland Security funding restrictions on institutions of higher education that have a relationship with Confucius Institutes, and for…

Congressional Record · 2025-05-07
August Pfluger
@augustpfluger· Republican · TX· May 7, 2025

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on H.R. 881. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the…

Congressional Record · 2025-05-07
August Pfluger
@augustpfluger· Republican · TX· May 7, 2025

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of my bill, H.R. 881, the DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern. I have long been concerned that the threats the…

Congressional Record · 2025-05-07
August Pfluger
@augustpfluger· Republican · TX· May 7, 2025

Mr. Speaker, I will point out that this bill was actually brought up during the Biden administration and has nothing to do with one administration or another. It was bipartisan, and those entities of concern are named in and are labeled…

Congressional Record · 2025-05-07
Blake Moore
@blakemoore· Republican · UT· May 7, 2025

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Kansas (Mr. Schmidt), who had excellent points. We all talk about small business. We all use it as a line and a bullet point, and we all say that we support them, and then where does the actual…

Congressional Record · 2025-05-07
Blake Moore
@blakemoore· Republican · UT· May 7, 2025

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Indiana for his comments, and I appreciate his work. We share a lot of work together on the Budget Committee, and it has been a very active time. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Wyoming…

Congressional Record · 2025-05-07