Political Quotes

“For the purpose of closing. Mr. Speaker, my colleague Mr. Sherman made mention of the stated intent of the terrorist scheme to destroy Israel, to try again and again. I want to share an email I got today talking about what is going on right now. It says: Among the IDF soldiers killed in Gaza yesterday, eight were in a single armored personnel carrier that was hit by a rocket- propelled grenade. They were part of the Givati infantry brigade. One of them, 2nd Lt. Pedayah Mark, lost his father in a terror attack on their family car near Otneil 7 years ago. Pedayah, who was 13 years old at the time, was injured along with his mother. His uncle was among those murdered in Kibbutz Be'eri on October 7. The terrorists continue to attack and attack, oftentimes striking the same family. We need to make sure we change what the kids are learning. H.R. 3266 is an important tool in our fight against the hatred and in support of peace in Palestinian education, the education of the children. Let me add one more statistic. In the attack on October 7, 20 children under 18 were orphaned, both their parents were killed. Eighteen young people between the age of 18 and 25 lost both parents. Ninety-six children under 18 lost one parent. Mr. Speaker, I urge all my colleagues, every one of them, to support this bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.”