[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 150 (Wednesday, September 25, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H5809]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          ANNIVERSARY OF 10/7

  (Ms. MENG asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. MENG. Madam Speaker, October 7, 2023, was supposed to be a day of 
joy. Jewish communities around the world, including many in my Queens 
district, were gathering to celebrate a holiday, but instead, it was 
and forever will be a day of agony.
  October 7 was the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the 
Holocaust. Hamas terrorists invaded Israel, murdered over 1,200 people, 
took more than 251 hostages, and destroyed entire communities.
  I will never forget going to shuls in Queens that night to share the 
news of the attack with my constituents.
  Madam Speaker, 1 year later, our hearts remain heavy as we pray for 
all remaining hostages to be returned home safely. Our souls remain 
shattered as we see the rise in anti-Semitism at home and abroad.
  The sacred bond between the U.S. and Israel will not be broken, and 
our commitment to Israel's security and countering the Iranian threat 
will not waver.
  May the memories of all those murdered that day be a blessing, and 
may we continue working to achieve peace.

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