[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 182 (Friday, November 3, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H5395]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL

  (Mr. PAYNE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to discuss the Israel Security 
Supplemental Appropriation Act and how Republicans continue to put 
politics over people.
  Financial support for Israel after a terrorist attack should be an 
easy bipartisan bill to pass. Instead, Republicans are hijacking it to 
prevent the richest 1 percent of Americans from paying their fair share 
of taxes and preventing lifesaving aid for families caught in the 
crossfire. So Republicans would rather protect their billionaire tax 
cheating supporters than protect children.
  No one should be surprised about it. If the richest 1 percent paid 
their fair share, America could gain $3 trillion in the next 10 years 
according to economists. Even a portion of that funding would allow us 
to support Israel, help Palestinian families, and aid Ukraine, and it 
would even reduce the national debt significantly.
  Nevertheless, Republicans want to rob the poor to pay the rich, and I 
hope American voters are paying attention.

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