Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I am proud to rise in strong support of H. Res. 1449, a bipartisan House resolution I introduced with my dear friend, Congressman Chris Smith of New Jersey, supporting global efforts to counter anti-Semitism. It has been an honor to serve alongside Representative Smith as a co- chair of the House Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism. I thank House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman McCaul and Ranking Member Greg Meeks for their leadership and support in advancing this important measure through committee and to the House floor. Mr. Speaker, we know that anti-Semitism is on the rise around the world. We know what a threat this is not just to the Jewish community but also to democracies around the world and to the very fabric of our own societies. Today, not even 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz, anti- Semitism has grown, taken on new forms, and spread to more parts of the world. As we have seen since the Hamas terrorist attack of October 7, 2023, the single deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust, anti- Semitism around the world has skyrocketed. That explosion of anti-Semitism started on October 8, long before the IDF went into Gaza. In fact, it started while Hamas terrorists were still in Israel, attacking innocent civilians. We saw shocking anti-Semitism rear its ugly head in Amsterdam earlier this month, where a violent mob planned a coordinated attack on Jews who attended a soccer match with an Israeli soccer team.…”