Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. Mr. McCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time to close. Mr. Speaker, there is nothing progressive about racism. Racism is ugly. I know my colleague, my dear friend, Mr. Meeks, who is a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, knows what racism is. He is also the strongest supporter of Israel. I know our colleague, John Lewis, knew what racism really is, and racism is ugly. Israel is not a racist state. My father was a bombardier in a B-17. He bombed the Nazis. Why were we at war with Adolf Hitler and the Nazis? For many reasons, but, fundamentally, because of their values. They were anti-Semitic. During the Holocaust, racism, in its ugliest form, took place in the concentration camps in Europe and, indeed, in Auschwitz, where I attended to see the horrors of what mankind can do against mankind. Why was the State of Israel formed? Israel was formed out of a racist society to say to the world: No longer, never forget, and we will not tolerate racism. Mr. Speaker, 75 years later we stand here in this body celebrating this democratic state in the Middle East that was formed because of persecution and because of racism. We do not stand for racism. No one in this Chamber should stand for racism. To call Israel, which was formed as a result of racism, anti- Semitism, and hatred, to call that very country a racist state is repugnant to all of our values.…”