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On the recordDecember 12, 2023
It has been said that everything has been said, but not everybody has said it. Everything really has been said. I have heard such great oratory from such passionate, patriotic speakers. What is clear is we have a duty as the leader of democracy in the world to support our friends and to fight for democracy in Ukraine where they are defending democracy and keeping us from having to go in. If Putin wins and gets into a NATO country, saving our soldiers' blood and lives--and that will happen. In Israel, where a similar foe, Hamas like Russia, knows no limits, is threatening the existence of Israel. I know the Speaker believes that we should support Israel. When he was first elected, he went to the podium and said we will support Israel, but later he said we will only support Israel if we cut $15 billion from the IRS and the budget, which would lose us $85 billion overall. That is fiscally foolish and morally wrong. Israel should be supported unconditionally and so should Ukraine--two valiant countries whose existence has been threatened. These are existential fights for Israel and for Ukraine. What happened in Bucha right after the war started before the Ukrainians were able to repel the Russians was similar to what happened on October 7 in Israel-- murders, rapes, crime.…
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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