Is it not true that what we are doing is creating American jobs by spending funds on modernization of our military, replacing comparatively older weapons that we provide to Ukraine that are not essential to U.S. readiness?

I do support President Biden's call for a humanitarian pause to get food, water, medicine in to civilians that need that.

Make no mistake, anti-semitic bigotry is at the root of the UN's hostility to Israel, which is ugly, evil, and manifests in almost every U.N. entity.

A lasting peace agreement will only come from direct negotiations from two sides. It cannot be imposed by an international organization such as the United Nations.

Soulless, disgusting, sickening, reprehensible, and repulsive--these are not my words but the words of my Democratic colleagues when asked about the decision of 15 Members who refused to condemn Hamas' brutal terror attacks on innocent…

Without this we cannot win, and to be penny wise and pound foolish really is to undermine ultimately the war effort and the effort to win the peace.

Yesterday President Biden announced significant new funding for passenger rail projects across New Jersey and the Northeast region, first and foremost for the Gateway Program that is the Nation's most critical infrastructure project. It is…

Is it not true that the impact of a Ukrainian defeat would be far more expensive than remaining committed to Ukraine?

I'm pro-Israel. I'm unabashedly pro-Israel.

I have been in the fight against anti-semitism for all of my 43 years in the U.S. Congress.

We have got to try to hold on to that possibility, otherwise I fear, you know, my Israeli friends will never be able to live in peace.

I thank the gentleman from Illinois for the opportunity to discuss this very important issue. I rise today to oppose the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2024. Today is a monumental…

More than 20 years ago, the U.S. Congress approved and the president signed historic legislation that I had authored called the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000.

Though it is hard to believe now, the TVPA was met with a wall of skepticism and opposition.

I missed the following votes, but had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 599 and ``yea'' on rollcall No. 600. PERSONAL EXPLANATION

Thank you for arranging for the committee to consider this legislation today, for your sponsorship of the bill itself.

I thank the gentlewoman from Texas for yielding. Peace through strength. This is the principle that is called upon us today. If we are truly the beacon of democracy for all the world, we must help our greatest ally, Israel. We must help…

I thank my friend from Pennsylvania for yielding, and I thank him for his leadership on this very important issue. Mr. Chairman, it would be hard to find a district that has been more of a petri dish for the experiments of the Office of…