Derrick Van Orden: “I remind my colleague that, in fact, I agree with him this one time. These events are connected, and the connection is…”

“I remind my colleague that, in fact, I agree with him this one time. These events are connected, and the connection is the incredibly weak strategy the Biden administration has shown. That is why Putin invaded Ukraine and that is why Hamas has gone crazy in Israel. Immediately following the attacks of October 7, I went to Israel and I witnessed what Hamas did to the Jewish people, and as a retired Navy SEAL combat medic, it put me on my heels. I will remind my colleagues on the other side of the aisle that there was a cease-fire on October 6; that there was a de facto two-state solution on October 6, and that was broken by Hamas. Unlike the vast majority of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, I spent my entire adult life either training for, training others for, or at war myself. There is a difference between the conflict in Ukraine and what is taking place in Israel right now. Vladimir Putin is a war criminal, and he is after territorial gains. Hamas is a group of savages that are after the utter destruction of the Jews as a people. They want to eradicate them. There is a Member of the other party that has been censured on this floor for grossly anti-Semitic remarks, and that is what is taking place. Do not be fooled by this political rhetoric. I stand with the Jewish people now. I will stand with them from the beginning to the end, so the river to the sea never takes place. Ms. DeLAURO. Mr.…”