"Leveling Gaza to the ground and unnecessarily killing thousands of innocent civilians in the process has a short term moral cost, but it has a long term strategic cost."
"I want Hamas's ability to launch another terrorist attack destroyed."
"Gaza--Israel has a right to defend itself, and the U.S. needs to be a partner with Israel in defending itself against those who would annihilate it: Hamas, Iranian backed militias, Hezbollah, Houthis,..."
"I have been disappointed and expressed it publicly that the Israeli effort to support humanitarian aid to civilians... make this look to many that it is not just a defense against Hamas, but that it i..."
"Palestinians have a right to live and not to be collectively treated as if they are part of a terrorist group when they are not."
"I do not think you would see USAID Administrator Power publicly stating that it is credible to assess that there is famine in Gaza."
"I do not want us to lose credibility."
"I have long been a champion of expanding Pell Grant to include high quality short-term education and training programs."
"Our community colleges are often really flexible."
"I do believe the next expansion and flexibility of Pell should be for high quality, short-term education, and training programs."
"I really celebrate work that we've done in the last couple years to do an Infrastructure bill."
"I think to the extent that WIOA can be leveraged to create more of those paid work opportunities for young people..."