"I am one of the founders of the bipartisan, bicameral Abraham Accords Caucus."
"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."
"This resolution reiterates the Administration's policy that Iran must never have a nuclear weapon, must absolutely be prevented from acquiring one."
"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."
"The goal of Israel is to destroy Hamas. The goal of Israel is not to destroy the Palestinian people."
"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."
"I'm kept up at night thinking about the more than 1,300 Israelis and Americans massacred on October 7th."
"It is that dream of peace that I continue to hope for."
"In 2015 I opposed the JCPOA because I felt it did not go far enough."
"Deterring Iran will require a much higher level of vigilance from the U.S. and our partners."
"I think the Abraham Accords, Mr. Patterson, you used the term rejoice, I'll use that here."
"It is part of a larger process of the normalization we are seeing between Israel, Bahrain, UAE, Morocco, and hopefully other countries soon."