Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, more than 1,200 Israelis were killed on October 7 and 136 remain hostage. In response, 27,478 Palestinians have been killed, 70 percent of whom are women and children, and most Gazans today cannot reach a fully functioning hospital. This is not war; this is slaughter. And yet, after all this destruction and devastation, the Netanyahu government is still nowhere close to their stated objective of destroying Hamas. Moreover, the United States has our own requirements outlawing the transfer of weapons to forces engaged in gross human rights violations. We have a responsibility to honor those laws, to facilitate a bilateral cease-fire, to move to end this campaign of mass casualty and loss of life that risk bringing the entire region closer to a wider, deadlier conflict. This bill contains $17 billion on top of the billions we already transfer every year with no conditions and no humanitarian aid for the most vulnerable. Everyday Americans should not tolerate this squandering of our resources without oversight on such an inhumane and ineffective operation, especially when we are living paycheck to paycheck, and they cannot see their Congress address their most basic material concerns.”