Political Quotes

“I thank the gentlewoman from Florida for organizing this very important Special Order hour, and I thank you, Mr. Speaker, for giving us the time to do this. Mr. Speaker, I rise tonight to shine a light on the Metzger family from Kibbutz Nir Oz, which suffered the unimaginable loss of 38 members of the kibbutz, and from where a shocking 75 innocent people were taken captive by Hamas. That is almost one-third of the innocent hostages who were abducted by Hamas on October 7. Two of those abducted were Tamar Metzger, age 78, and her husband Yoram, age 80. They are grandparents. Mrs. Metzger was released 2 days ago, after 52 days in captivity. My family had an opportunity to spend some time with the Metzger's son, Nir, and his two children, Ran and Omer, this week in New York. According to Nir, the Hamas terrorists, teenagers, dragged his mom out of her bathroom, bashed her face in with a rifle, and severely injured her knees and legs as they violently took a 78-year-old woman to the tunnels of Gaza. {time} 1900 In Gaza, both Metzgers were kept in a tiny, dark, and moist room in an underground tunnel, where there were 12 mattresses on the floor for the 2 of them and 10 other hostages from Kibbutz Nir Oz. There was essentially nowhere for them to walk or move. They were not allowed to speak. If they did speak, the terrorists would beat them. This happened to a number of them, including 78-year-old Mrs. Metzger at least one time.…”