[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 13, 2024)]
[House]
[Pages H1161-H1162]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 ISRAEL USING FOOD AS A WEAPON IN GAZA

  (Mr. McGOVERN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, President Biden, in my opinion, has failed 
to comply with U.S. law by continuing to send U.S. military aid to 
Israel.
  Section 620I of the Foreign Assistance Act is very clear. It states: 
``No assistance shall be furnished under this act or the Arms Export 
Control Act to any country when it is made known to the President that 
the government of

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such country prohibits or otherwise restricts, directly or indirectly, 
the transport of delivery of United States humanitarian assistance.''
  That is what is happening in Gaza.
  Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu has made a deliberate choice to use 
food, water, and medicine as weapons against the people of Gaza. He has 
restricted and stopped the delivery of aid, including U.S. aid, from 
reaching suffering, starving civilians in Gaza.
  This is a violation of U.S. law.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge President Biden to use his leverage. No more U.S. 
military aid to Israel in contradiction of our own laws. Trucks of food 
and medicine need to start rolling into Gaza now.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask Mr. President to please, please, use his leverage 
now.

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