Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman from New Jersey for leading this effort and for making sure all of our colleagues have the opportunity to stand with our friend, Israel, while they are at war. We all know, starting October 7, Israel was attacked barbarically by one of Iran's proxies, Hamas, a terrorist organization. They went into Israel, barbarically murdered Israelis and took hostages. Still to this day they have about 130 hostages, including some American citizens. While this war to eviscerate the terrorist organization known as Hamas is going on, Israel then over the weekend faced an unprecedented attack directly from Iran. No longer is it only the proxies--whether it is Hamas, Hezbollah, or the Houthis, all who are supported by Iran--now Iran directly attacked with 300-plus drones and missiles to try to kill more Israelis. Fortunately, of course, Israel and a coalition of the United States and other allies joined together to shoot down those missiles and drones. At the same time, Iran made it clear they wanted to attack Israel directly, which means Israel now is looking at how they properly respond. During this time, again, a war that started--this idea of a cease- fire, the cease-fire ended when Hamas decided that they were going to go murder Israelis. Israel has a right to self-defense. This Congress has always stood by our friend, Israel, our greatest ally in the Middle East, a democracy. They are always under attack.…”