There are both positive and negative aspects of this ANS vis---vis the introduced version of this legislation.

The United States and many of our allies have long been concerned about Palestinian textbooks that contain blatant antisemitic and anti-Zionist references that incite hatred and violence toward Jewish people.

I do not say all White people are Ku Klux Klan. I do not put them all in one category.

Humanitarian relief in Gaza is morally the right thing to do but also in America's foreign policy interests.

Hamas is not all of the Palestinian people.

This group has used Palestinians as human shields, has terrorized its own population and, of course, this October the 7th raid and destruction, kidnaping, rape of Israeli people.

This amendment addresses my concerns about hasty and unhelpful restrictions on Americans' freedom of movement for the Secretary of State to take the step to invalidate U.S. passports for travel to Iran.

While I appreciate the work and I understand to be my colleague's aim to deter hostile actors in Iran or elsewhere from taking American hostages or wrongfully detaining them overseas, we must all work together and ensure that the State…

The U.S. Government is not an authoritarian or anti-democratic regime. We have long committed to do all in our power to protect our citizens' most fundamental human rights.

But today, passage of this legislation will provide more tools for this and future Administrations to hold Hamas accountable for its terrorism and brutality.

Hamas has been since its inception a military and political entity dedicated to one thing, destruction of Israel.