Political Quotes

“Mr. President, earlier this morning, I met with Prime Minister Netanyahu here in the Capitol. We had a good discussion about Israel's security and about the imperative of the return of the rest of the hostages, who have been held in Hamas captivity for well over a year. I enjoyed a candid, personal discussion with the Prime Minister and was pleased that both Republican and Democrat colleagues were later able to join for a bipartisan conversation. After a number of my Democrat colleagues boycotted Prime Minister Netanyahu's address to Congress last year, it is good that Democrat leaders chose to attend this meeting. It would have been even better if Democrats had chosen to support the Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act, and we had been able to tell Prime Minister Netanyahu that the Senate had passed this legislation in response to the International Criminal Court's illegitimate targeting of Israeli leaders. But, unfortunately, 2 weeks ago now, all of my Democrat colleagues-- all of them save one--voted to block this legislation. The Democrat leader actually celebrated the fact that Democrats had blocked this legislation, even though allowing the ICC's rogue action to go unchecked could put not only Israelis but Americans in the ICC's crosshairs. That is right. Responding to the ICC's illegitimate targeting of Israeli leaders is not just about protecting our ally Israel; it is also about protecting our own citizens, our own servicemembers in particular.…”