Brian Schatz said "Mr. President, before I begin my remarks, in the Hawaii Legislature, there was a common custom to ask the presiding officer that the previous speaker's remarks were adopted as if they were my own. And although I didn't listen to the entirety--I am not prepared to do that because I only got the back end--I just wanted to commend the senior Senator from Massachusetts for her moral clarity about the conduct of the war in Israel and the fact that it is a strategic and moral failure, and that the Prime Minister of Israel must be held to account for the fact that so many people are suffering so unnecessarily." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordFebruary 29, 2024

Mr. President, before I begin my remarks, in the Hawaii Legislature, there was a common custom to ask the presiding officer that the previous speaker's remarks were adopted as if they were my own. And although I didn't listen to the entirety--I am not prepared to do that because I only got the back end--I just wanted to commend the senior Senator from Massachusetts for her moral clarity about the conduct of the war in Israel and the fact that it is a strategic and moral failure, and that the Prime Minister of Israel must be held to account for the fact that so many people are suffering so unnecessarily.

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Brian Schatz

Democratic · Hawaii

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