Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024

Floor Speech

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Ms. TLAIB. Mr. Speaker, here we go again, sending $17.6 billion of U.S. tax dollars with no conditions attached to Netanyahu's extremist government to drop more bombs on innocent Palestinians.

The Israeli Government has already killed 27,000 people, 11,500 of whom were children.

I am tired of my colleagues coming to me, whispering: I don't really like Netanyahu. Well, then, why are we sending him billions of dollars with no conditions?

He literally is telling us over and over again what his intention is.

I am tired of my colleagues coming to me and whispering to me: Rashida, I support a two-state solution. Great. Then send money that has conditions for a two-state solution because Netanyahu has over and over again told us he never wants to see a Palestinian state.

I am tired. I oppose Netanyahu's war crimes and want him gone, too, but many of my colleagues that continue to tell me that do not want a condition to aid. They will just give it to a genocidal maniac.

My message to my colleagues is simple: If you don't support Netanyahu, if you are disgusted by the countless videos of lifeless children pulled out of the rubble, if you actually believe in upholding human rights and international law, vote ``no'' on a blank check to Netanyahu's genocide.

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