Brian Mast

May inquire how much time I have remaining. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Florida has 2\1/4\ minutes remaining.

I thank my pastor, Pastor Travis O'Neal, for coming to open the House with prayer this morning. He has pastored Christ Fellowship Church for roughly the last 8 years in Port St. Lucie, Florida. He makes sure that there is a home and a…

The argument here against privatized housing for people in the military is if you allow somebody to put their private dollars into it, then down the road it may turn into what the government has allowed the housing to turn into, which…

I will add a little bit to what he just said. He is absolutely correct, my colleague, in saying that there was a time when veterans were handed opioids in bags. They were given recurring prescriptions. There was a time that I had drawers…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title) insert the following: Sec. 419. None of the funds…

The Treasure Coast lost a hero this year when Florida Highway Patrolman Zachary Fink was killed in the line of duty. He was a son of St. Lucie County, Florida. Trooper Fink had a desire from an early age to help people, and that is what…

I have thoroughly enjoyed this panel. I thought you have been analytical and specific and have enjoyed it from beginning to end.

the failure of the Biden Administration in talking Iran off the target list, not that we should drop ordinance on them tomorrow, but that they should be on the list just so that there is deterrence, just so that they know they cannot act…

America is worth the fight.

I know that we made a mistake in target.

Why do you think that we should make a country out of a people that just conducted a Jewish genocide 4 months ago?

In the early morning of February 2, 2024, Florida Highway Patrolman Zachary Fink, ID No. 1550, gave his life in the line of duty. He served in St. Lucie County, where he was raised and where he dedicated everything he had to protecting. He…

I have said should be replaced with the notion of being the Useless Nations because you had Resolution 2231, the nuclear JCPOA that was set up to try and keep Iran from funding and continuing terrorism.

I think that it's simple to say that we all echo the same sympathies that Representative Perry mentioned by saying that it's not OK for any civilians of any type to lose their lives.

But also if we get to a place where Hamas is finally out of control of Gaza, where we get to a place where we have reform in the Palestinian Authority, at some point we also have to talk about moving this out of the multilateral system…

The American people are tired of getting up early in the morning and going to work and trying to pay their bills and also be forced to pay for people that get money from UNRWA to slaughter Jews.

under no circumstances should U.S. taxpayers be on the hook to pay organizations that work contrary to the economic and national security interests of the United States.

UNRWA seems to be doing just that and that is highly unfortunate and we need to take a continued close look at this.

I do not have an allegiance to UNRWA's mission. My allegiance is to America and Americans singularly.

I stand with Israel's rights to defend itself and I stand with the American colleagues that are here who are willing to defund UNRWA and stop these terrorist organizations like Hamas from using our money to build the terrorist tunnels and…

I will not show support for that especially, as I said in my opening statement, I think that we have a shell game going on from the Administration right now.

I think it's simple to say that over the 20-plus years that the United States has been involved in overseas conflict, whether that be the war in Iraq or the war in Afghanistan, that you cannot simply defeat ideology through bombs and…

But we certainly cannot continue to fund the very organizations that are responsible for these attacks and UNRWA is directly responsible as are many of these organizations for the horrendous, horrific, and barbaric attack that occurred on…

does our aid, does our foreign policy support what we want out of each individual country?

If somebody hits us, there's going to be a reckoning, and we are going to hit back.