Political Quotes

“yesterday, I joined with Senate colleagues for an all-Senators classified briefing on the Israel-Gaza conflict. At the briefing, I asked Secretary Austin when he needs emergency funding for our ongoing efforts, and what he said was clear. He said: ``We need it,'' and in very strong terms, he said the word ``yesterday.'' The Israeli leaders we met over the weekend used the same exact word, ``yesterday.'' That means the Senate cannot wait, and we will not wait. We also talked about the situation on the ground in Israel and Gaza at our briefing. As was made clear yesterday, the intelligence community assesses that according to the current analysis and available intelligence, Israel is not to blame for the explosion of the hospital in Gaza. As was made clear yesterday--and I checked this, and I was allowed to say it from our intelligence community--the intelligence community assesses that according to the current analysis and available intelligence, Israel is not to blame for the explosion of the hospital in Gaza. Our intelligence believes it was an errant rocket from terrorists aligned with Hamas in Gaza. Spreading inaccuracies, as Hamas so often does at painful times like this, is supremely risky and only endangers more human life.…”