"If UNRWA ceases operating on the ground, this could cause a humanitarian catastrophe that would force Israel to halt its fighting against Hamas. This would not be in Israel's interest."
"This legislative effort is irresponsible. Despite major flaws calling for its immediately elimination in attempting to jettison UNRWA's funding with no realistic plan to replace it would have dire con..."
"I strongly oppose this measure. UNRWA is flawed. But prohibiting U.S. funding of UNRWA while the people of Gaza are suffering an acute humanitarian disaster undermines the United States and Israel's i..."
"If UNRWA collapses, 266,000 West Bank Palestinians lose access to primary health care, 100,000 lose emergency food and cash assistance."
"I am so glad we are addressing it legislatively here today."
"This potential chaos in Jordan does not help Israel or the United States."
"Today, what we are doing, we are demonstrating to the United States, to the country, that when it comes to issues of critical importance to American interests, Republicans and Democrats can come toget..."
"We want to make sure that the message is clear when we talk about freeing people from oppression."
"Beijing's atrocities must be taken seriously and we should do everything we can to address its horrible policies."
"American dollars should not fund the development of critical technologies that could threaten our national security if acquired by our competitors."
"Congress cannot be silent and we must act when faced with terrible human rights atrocities around the world."