[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 19, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H2558]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      VIOLENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with great concern over the 
Biden administration's foreign policy. The world has watched with 
growing concern as Hamas rockets have pummeled the Israeli people, 
forcing Israel to take retaliatory steps to protect its own citizens. 
This escalation occurs as the Biden administration has pivoted away 
from anything useful in the Middle East, neglecting Israel, which is 
one of our strongest allies.
  Just recently, we have learned that over $15 million in foreign aid 
from this year's phony Democrat coronavirus package went to the 
Palestinians, who take their orders from the terrorist group Hamas, 
which is a proxy state for Iran, who wishes the total eradication of 
Israel. What message does this send to our allies, sending money to 
both sides?
  Similarly, President Biden is looking to restart the Obama-Biden Iran 
nuclear deal that President Trump smartly left. That naive accord had 
broad bipartisan opposition, including from now-Senate Majority Leader 
Chuck Schumer, and was strongly opposed by Israel. It is astounding 
that President Biden would take the word of the Iranian Government, 
whose leaders call us their sworn enemy, and spurn our strongest ally 
in the region, Israel.
  We have got to do better.

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