Political Quotes

“to my colleague from South Carolina, Senator Graham, we will challenge the Clemson Tigers to the NCAA skiing championship anytime. I rise to speak about the bill we are working on today, S. 1, Strengthening America's Security in the Middle East Act. I am proud to be a sponsor of this legislation, along with Senator Rubio and Senator Risch. I commend Chairman Risch for working with the majority leader in attempting to move this important legislation and effort without delay. I think it is important to recognize that this bill combines four noncontroversial pieces of legislation from the 115th Congress that are intended to support our strong allies, Israel and Jordan, and to impose sanctions against the gross human rights abuses of the Assad regime in Syria. We have no stronger ally in the Middle East than the State of Israel. Israel has proven itself to be a resilient beacon of democratic values, despite facing existential threats daily since its founding in 1948. Our two nations have worked closely to fight terrorism, to stop the spread of radical Islamist extremism, and to prevent nuclear and chemical weapons proliferation by rogue regimes, such as Syria and Iran. The legislation before us today simply reaffirms our strong support for Israel, including $3.3 billion per year in annual U.S. security assistance, consistent with the 10-year U.S.-Israel memorandum of understanding, which was signed in 2016 by President Obama.…”