Nick Langworthy: “I thank the gentlewoman from Minnesota for yielding time. Mr. Speaker, on October 7, 2023, the world witnessed in real…”

“I thank the gentlewoman from Minnesota for yielding time. Mr. Speaker, on October 7, 2023, the world witnessed in real time on the internet the heart-wrenching images of innocent Israelis slaughtered in their homes. These attacks claimed the lives of more than 1,400 innocent people, including at least 30 American citizens that we know of. We saw pure evil on display that day as Hamas murdered and kidnapped children, raped women, and savagely attacked the elderly. They killed entire families in the most brutal and shocking fashion that the world has ever seen. Even worse, they went as far as to desecrate the bodies, and they celebrated their war crimes. Every single American should be heartbroken, should be disgusted, and should be enraged. Shame on my colleagues who have called for a cease- fire. Shame on my colleagues who have acted as apologists for the genocidal terrorist organization Hamas. Shame on my colleagues who have joined anti-Semitic rallies and waved Palestinian flags, especially here in our Nation's Capitol. Every American should stand with the Jewish people in Israel. The people of Israel are a lone beacon of freedom in the Middle East. I have been there. Many of us have been there. We all should go there. I have seen firsthand the threat that they face from radical terrorists. They are the very same ones who hate the freedoms that we enjoy here in the United States.…”