Mark Takano: “I rise to express my shock and outrage over the killing of Saif Musallet, a 20-year-old Palestinian American from…”

“I rise to express my shock and outrage over the killing of Saif Musallet, a 20-year-old Palestinian American from Florida who was visiting his family in the West Bank. He was beaten on his own family's land by settlers. We have grown too used to this kind of violence. We have grown weary of news reports detailing the onslaught of deaths, but we should never accept the killing of innocence, let alone the killing of an innocent American citizen. In an unusual and forceful statement, Ambassador Huckabee called the killing a "criminal and terrorist act" and urged Israeli authorities to conduct a full investigation and bring those responsible to justice. I echo the call of the ambassador for an investigation and ask my colleagues to do the same. The United States Congress cannot allow silence to reign and complicity to creep in. Instead, we must demand justice.”