Brad Schneider

We cannot ignore the strategic opportunities and shared priorities with Azerbaijan, but we must also be firm advocates for our values and the principles of human rights.

I want the people who chant cease-fire now around the world not to forget Nagorno-Karabakh.

I believe that we need to see the humanity of the people in Israel, the people in Gaza, the West Bank, and the entire region.

I am one of the founders of the bipartisan, bicameral Abraham Accords Caucus.

We need to keep the hostages in our mind and call for the immediate, unconditional release of every one of those hostages.

It is insufficient to call it attack. The massacre, the invasion into Israel of thousands of terrorists seeking to kill, torture, rape, kidnap innocent people.

I have no more speakers, and I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Mast).

It is that dream of peace that I continue to hope for.

I'm kept up at night thinking about the more than 1,300 Israelis and Americans massacred on October 7th.

This bill should not be controversial. It should not be where we debate whether Hamas has 10 percent or 90 percent or 3 percent or 42 percent of popular support.

The goal of Israel is to destroy Hamas. The goal of Israel is not to destroy the Palestinian people.

It is not in the interest of Israel, not in the interest of America for us to embrace the lie of Hamas that they are the official representative of the Palestinian people.

This resolution reiterates the Administration's policy that Iran must never have a nuclear weapon, must absolutely be prevented from acquiring one.

Deterring Iran will require a much higher level of vigilance from the U.S. and our partners.

In 2015 I opposed the JCPOA because I felt it did not go far enough.

Religious freedom is not something that is granted.

It is part of a larger process of the normalization we are seeing between Israel, Bahrain, UAE, Morocco, and hopefully other countries soon.

I think the Abraham Accords, Mr. Patterson, you used the term rejoice, I'll use that here.

Climate change is, to our way of life, to the world, to civilization, and halting the displacement, instability, and myriad of other consequences I think is the greatest challenge, or one of the greatest challenges we face.

In closing, I emphasize this bicameral, bipartisan legislation affirms Congress' constitutional authority on trade and will not only support Taiwan's democracy but strengthen our bilateral trade relations. I thank my colleagues, both…

This is an historic opportunity that requires historic change in long-term strategic thinking.

This program is even more important.

The skills our veterans learn and develop in the military have true application to what we are looking for in the private sector.

I also want to thank the Committee for its consideration today of this legislation, the Veteran Entrepreneurship Training Act of 2023, which I am very proud to introduce with Chairman Williams, Mr. McGarvey, and Mr. Ellzey.

I am proud to have had the opportunity to work with my colleagues on this bipartisan legislation to improve the Boots to Business program.