Randy Fine: “I rise today not just as a Member of Congress but as the father of two Jewish boys. I speak for all the Jews across the…”

“I rise today not just as a Member of Congress but as the father of two Jewish boys. I speak for all the Jews across the country, millions of them, who today go to the grocery store, their jobs, and school and live their lives afraid of what might happen to them. Eighty years ago in Germany, Jews were burned in ovens for being Jews, and on Sunday, as I sat at home with my children watching TV, we saw that here in the United States, in 2025, Jews are being burned again. You see, Mr. Speaker, it feels like open hunting season on Jewish Americans. I wear a kippah not because I am a proud and observant Jew. I am not all that observant. I wear it out of respect for all the Jews around America who do not feel safe wearing theirs today. That is because, by wearing it, they feel they literally have a target on their heads. We have heard for 18 months that the intifada should be globalized. We have heard 'resistance by any means necessary.' On Sunday, and again 2 weeks ago, we saw what that looked like. In this country, we have a hard decision to make. We have to make a decision about whether we are going to continue to be afraid or whether we are going to call evil by its name. I have news for you, Mr. Speaker. When someone chants 'Free Palestine,' what they are calling for is the destruction of the only Jewish state in the world. When someone says, 'From the river to the sea,' what they are calling for is the genocide of every Jew who lives in Israel and abroad.”