Political Quotes

“Madam Chair, I reject the idea that because we should not allow Palestinians into the United States of America that there is no hope for them. America has a great history of addressing any problems within our country and building and rebuilding and fighting to make our own country great, and I believe that the people of any other country should work to do that within their own borders as well. {time} 1400 I would also encourage this body to very much remember that the term ``innocent Palestinian civilians'' is very loosely thrown around. Of course, there are innocent Palestinian civilians. However, we live in a world where so much of the media, Hamas, and others want us to believe that because somebody is under the age of 18, or over the age of 45, or a female that we should assume they are an innocent Palestinian civilian just because they are not wearing a black hood and the green bandanna of Hamas, and that is not the real world. Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.”