[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 64 (Monday, April 15, 2024)]
[House]
[Pages H2387-H2388]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             FALSE RHETORIC

  (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, there has been a lot of false rhetoric 
flying around this country and around the world, the U.N., the whole 
works--including today even a shutdown of the Golden Gate Bridge in San 
Francisco by pro-Hamas pro-Palestinian protestors. They are sure not 
making themselves a lot of friends for their cause, are they?
  What does it really boil down to? Since the Gaza Strip was created 
not that many years ago in order to give an area to the Palestinians to 
have, the ink wasn't even dry on the agreement before they started 
setting off rockets and mortars and launching them upon the people of 
Israel who only seek peace. Israel only seeks peace, yet what do they 
get? They get deal after deal offered, negotiation after negotiation.
  Truly, what it boils down to is a great quote I saw here very 
recently from a fellow named John Spencer at

[[Page H2388]]

West Point who said: ``The sole reason for civilian deaths in Gaza is 
Hamas. For Israel's part, it has taken more care to prevent them than 
any other army in human history.''
  Let that settle in for a minute. They have taken more care than 
anybody to prevent civilian deaths. Hamas is the one causing them.

                          ____________________