Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, as the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, I am really heartened by the outpouring of support we have heard from both sides of the aisle involving the U.S.-Israel relationship and involving the unfair BDS movement against Israel. I thank all the people who have spoken in favor of this resolution-- the gentleman from New York (Mr. Zeldin) and others who have spoken-- because it shows that, when it comes to support for the U.S.-Israel relationship, there really is no difference between Democrats and Republicans. Israel should not be a political football. We support the U.S.-Israel relationship, and we know that BDS is very destructive, very unfair, very anti-Jewish, anti-Semitic, and should have no place in the public spectrum. I think that this Chamber is getting together. If we look at the numbers we bring to the floor today, they really speak for themselves. Almost 80 percent of the House of Representatives has cosponsored this resolution. There are Members not just from different sides of the aisle but from across the entire political spectrum, from one end to the other, supporting this resolution, saying the BDS movement is unfair, that the BDS movement singles out Israel, that the BDS movement is really supported by people who want to see the destruction of the world's only Jewish state, and that is not something that we can stand idly by and watch happen.…”