[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 182 (Friday, November 3, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H5381-H5382]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             IMPOSING SANCTIONS ON TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS

  (Mr. GOTTHEIMER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. GOTTHEIMER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the passing of 
the bipartisan Hamas International Financing Prevention Act in the 
House of Representatives.
  I helped introduce this bipartisan legislation with Representative 
Brian Mast and helped lead it to overwhelmingly pass the House 363-46.
  This legislation imposes sanctions on foreign persons, agencies, and 
governments that assist terrorist organizations, including Iranian-
backed Hamas,

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Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and other affiliates.
  On October 7, the world watched Hamas terrorists invade Israel and 
brutally kidnap, behead, torture, rape, burn, and murder innocent 
babies, children, women, and the elderly, including dozens of 
Americans. This unprovoked war has underscored why I will always stand 
with Israel and support our partner's right to defend herself from 
those who seek her destruction.
  This bipartisan legislation will ensure we isolate and punish these 
radical terrorist groups by cutting off their financial resources at 
the moment our ally in the Middle East needs it most.
  We must do everything we can to get every hostage home, including all 
Americans, help our ally Israel defend herself and crush the 
terrorists, and provide much-needed humanitarian aid to innocent 
Palestinian civilians being used by Hamas as human shields.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues in the Senate to immediately pass 
the bipartisan Hamas International Financing Prevention Act.

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