Political Quotes

“shortly, we are going to be voting on an amendment authored by our colleague from Kentucky, Senator Paul, that deals with restrictions on U.S. support in regard to the Middle East. I want to urge my colleagues to vote against that amendment. Our ally Israel is at war to destroy Hamas terrorists, not at war against the Palestinian people, but this amendment by my colleague threatens U.S. efforts that support stability and security efforts and that serve Israeli and U.S. interests. What it would do is put certain restrictions on what funds America can make available in the region, particularly in regard to the Palestinians. It would undermine the United States' ability to work in lockstep with Israel on critical security cooperation and on counterterrorism efforts with the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank. Today, we have a partnership in regard to security on the West Bank. The United States is helping in regard to the training of Palestinian security forces. Mr. President, one of the pleasant surprises, I would say, is during this war between Israel and Hamas, we have seen relative peace in the West Bank. The security forces are doing their job. It is not perfect by any stretch of the imagination. There is too much violence taking place everywhere. But the security forces have been successful in providing more stability in the region. That would be compromised or eliminated under the Paul amendment.…”