all of these programs being able to change the trajectory of someone's life, it changes not only that individual, but it changes their family, it changes their community, which means it changes our country.

I think we need to not reinvent the wheel and just move forward.

What I am wanting you to help me fix that in my mind is the difference--because of what is going on right now--and with Hamas. What is the difference between a political prisoner and a hostage?

Mandela would have been a political prisoner?

I worry when arbitrary designations are leveled across the country viewing one state at a time monolithically.

This change will divert resources away from America's rural communities.

I think we could come up with, both sides, more appropriate designations than what this proposal seems to outline.

I don't think it makes sense to say that someone who has $47,000 of income in California is somehow worse off than someone who has $47,000 in one of those other lower-income states.

This is about robbing resources from rural America and rewarding coastal elites.

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Peters). Without objection, it is so ordered. Unanimous Consent Request--S. Res. 418

it is hard to believe what we have just heard on this floor. Defense of the most vile, anti-Semitic rhetoric under the excuse that to call out specifically the specific statements, and denounce them one at a time and say this is wrong…

on October 7, 2023, the terrorist organization Hamas invaded the State of Israel. Terrorists killed 1,400 Israeli civilians, including women and children, people asleep in their beds. They went door to door. They shot Israelis in their…

What of the rhetoric that is cited specifically in the resolution--you talked about legitimate concerns. What, specifically, do you think is legitimate?

It is imperative that the U.S. convene responsible States to close this gap in regional security.

During this moment of profound crisis for Israel and the Middle East, we must send a clear message to signatory nations that we are absolutely committed to the Accords.

The United States stands with Israel as it grieves the unthinkable loss of more than 1,400 innocent civilians.

This is a free trade agreement with China.

Israel is locked in a generational fight for survival against genocidal Hamas terrorists.