two of my bread sessors, ben gilman and eliot engel, served as chairs of this important committee. israel's continued existence as a beacon of liberty, democratcy, and peace in the middle east serves as a model for other nations in the region, and is something we should be celebrating not demeaning. comments made by members of this body about support for israel being all about the become minee of israel is engaging in apartheid are appalling, wrong, and disqualifying. additionally, those who dismiss 9/11 as some people who did something, are you kidding me? it was a terrorist attack. it wasn't some people doing something. or to equate the united states and israel, both democratic nations, to the taliban and hamas, and those who promote the sent see metic b.d.s. movement? you are damn right they deserve to be held accountable. as a member that represents a district that suffered greatly due to 9/11, and still has constituents grappling with the effects of that horrific tragic day, dying of 9/11 health related situations, i find those remarks jarring and alarming and insulting. to be

that offended chairman eliot engel, at the time a democratic chairman of the foreign affairs committee, he said, i quote, it's unacceptable and deeply offensive to call into question the loyalty of fellow american citizens because of their political views, including support for the u.s.-israeli relationship. we all take the same oath. worse, representative omar's comments leveled that charge by invoking an anti-semitic slur, end quote. that's not me saying that, that's a former democratic share of the house foreign affairs committee. further, in march, 2019, representative omar trivialized the terrorist attacking of september 11 that killed just about 3,000 u.s. citizens by describing it as, and i quote, some people did something. her words. in 2021a. few months before the death of 13 service members during the botched withdrawal from afghanistan, representative omar compared service members of the united states and israeli defense forces to terrorist groups like hamas and the taliban. she tweeted, and i quote, we have seen unthinkable atrocities committed by the u.s., who mass, israel

two of my bread sessors, ben gilman and eliot engel, served as chairs of this important committee. israel's continued existence as a beacon of liberty, democratcy, and peace in the middle east serves as a model for other nations in the region, and is something we should be celebrating not demeaning. comments made by members of this body about support for israel being all about the become minee of israel is engaging in apartheid are appalling, wrong, and disqualifying. additionally, those who dismiss 9/11 as some people who did something, are you kidding me? it was a terrorist attack. it wasn't some people doing something. or to equate the united states and israel, both democratic nations, to the taliban and hamas, and those who promote the sent see metic b.d.s. movement? you are damn right they deserve to be held accountable. as a member that represents a district that suffered greatly due to 9/11, and still has constituents grappling with the effects of that horrific tragic day, dying of 9/11 health related situations, i find those remarks jarring and alarming and insulting. to be