Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, first I would like to thank my good friend and south Florida colleague, Mr. Ted Deutch, for his work on this resolution and for cointroducing it together. It is an important resolution, Mr. Speaker. I also want to thank our chairman, Chairman Royce, and the ranking member, Mr. Engel, for always working in a bipartisan manner, for recognizing the importance of this resolution, and for moving this bill out of our Committee on Foreign Affairs in an expeditious manner. This resolution, simply put, Mr. Speaker, urges Germany to honor its moral and historical obligations to Holocaust survivors and to provide for their unmet needs immediately and comprehensively. I know that for Mr. Deutch and for me, this is an issue that deeply impacts many of our constituents in south Florida. There are just over 500,000 Holocaust survivors worldwide. About a quarter of that number live right here in the United States, with over 15,000 living in our south Florida communities, Mr. Speaker. I have had the honor and privilege to work closely with survivors from south Florida, many of whom I have come to call dear friends: my friends David Mermelstein, David Schaecter, Herbie Karliner, Joe Sachs, and Alex Gross; and Jack Rubin, who has testified before Congress on issues related to Holocaust survivors, including a hearing that I chaired alongside Mr. Deutch in the year 2014.…”