Jack Bergman: “Time is finite because once a minute is gone, it is lost forever. I have countless examples here of how Qatar's…”

“Time is finite because once a minute is gone, it is lost forever. I have countless examples here of how Qatar's influence is so deep in Washington, D.C. That includes hacking. That includes targeting committee chairmen. Most importantly, the biggest example that is read, The Gray Lady, The New York Times, is a business partner, to an extent, with Hamas. It is time that we stop treating Hamas' benefactors and the government as an ally. The time is now for the U.S. to force Qatar to choose between the U.S. and Hamas. They cannot embrace both. If they choose to continue embracing Hamas, we must treat them as we treat any other state sponsor of terrorist groups that murder Americans. Mr. Speaker, the State of Qatar poses the gravest and most profound threat to the national security interests of the United States in the Middle East. This was true before October 7th, but it is now undeniable in the aftermath of the unspeakable horrors of that day--where at least 32 Americans were brutally murdered and another 12 Americans were taken hostage. Qatar poses a threat to the U.S. not through its military. Nor does Qatar threaten the U.S. by training and directly equipping terrorist groups the same way that the Ayatollah and the Mullahs from Iran do. Qatar threatens the U.S., even though it does nor call Israel the Little Satan, nor does it call the United States the Great Satan.…”