Brian Mast: “I reject the idea that because we should not allow Palestinians into the United States of America that there is no hope…”

“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.”