Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, it is incomprehensible that the Israeli hostages captured on Simchat Torah are still in Hamas' captivity as we approach Passover. I rise to finally provide long overdue aid to our ally Israel as she fights to defend herself against threats on multiple fronts. On October 7, Hamas launched a massacre that led to the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust. Hamas murdered, raped, and captured Israelis, Americans, Jews, Muslims, Christians, and people from dozens of countries. Hamas broke a cease-fire and declared war on humanity. Since that bloody day, Hamas terrorists have promised to carry out the attack again and again. I recently visited Israel for the third time since October 7. I saw the realities of Hamas' dedication to annihilate Israel. I will never be able to unsee the images at the Nova Festival site where Hamas massacred hundreds of young people. The road leading toward the site is littered with burn marks where cars with people fleeing for their lives were burned alive on the spot. You walk into the festival site and see hundreds of memorials to the innocent victims who were murdered in cold blood. At Kibbutz Kfar Aza, we saw homes riddled with bullet holes and burned to the ground with people still in them. This is what Israel is up against. This is what Israel must defend against, maniacal terrorism dedicated to the destruction of not just the State of Israel but of all Jews.…”