Expressing the Sense of Congress Supporting the State of Israel

Floor Speech

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Mr. SHERMAN. Mr. Speaker, this is an excellent resolution. Israel is not a racist or apartheid state. Congress should and does reject all forms of anti-Semitism and xenophobia, and the United States will always be a staunch partner and supporter of Israel.

However, why are we taking this up today?

We are taking this up today because one of our colleagues from the State of Washington made a statement and then withdrew it.

The question is: Why didn't we take up this resolution when Nick Fuentes, a Holocaust denier, was honored by the former President and given a chance to have dinner with the former President at his home in Mar-a-Lago?

That is when we should have dealt with this resolution.

We should have taken up this resolution when Kanye West had the honor of dinner with Donald Trump, the former President of the United States.

We should have taken up this resolution when our colleagues, Mr. Gosar and Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, both at different times joined Fuentes on stage, and in each case after they were denounced for the anti-Semitic act of lending their authority to Mr. Fuentes, these individuals did not withdraw, they did not apologize, and they did not condemn Mr. Fuentes.

So we should believe in this resolution every day, and if we are going to allocate floor time, it should be when Holocaust deniers are honored by our colleagues and by the former President of the United States.

Mr. Speaker, I will vote for this resolution today, but I will believe in this resolution 365 days each year, including those days in which certain others do something outrageous.

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