Last updated on Sun February 20, 2022 at 12:43 PM Washington DC time.
Israel - Palestine
Hagerty (R-TN) 02/19/2022: Tweet – “Joined @SenTedCruz, @JohnCornyn, & @SenJackyRosen in condemning the antisemitic terrorist attack in Colleyville, TX. Attacks on religious liberty will not be tolerated in America, & fortunately, the bravery of hostages & law enforcement prevented the loss of innocent life. Link to quoted tweetToday, I led and passed a bipartisan resolution with 55 of my colleagues to condemn the horrific antisemitic terrorist attack on Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville on January 15th, 2022. (Sens. Cruz, Cornyn, Rosen Lead Resolution Condemning Antisemitic Attack on Congregation Beth Israel in Texas | U.S. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas)”
Hinson (R-IA-1) 02/20/2022: Tweet – “I'm honored to join a Congressional delegation in Israel this week. There has never been a more important time to show our enduring support for the nation of Israel, and I look forward to a productive and informative trip. Read more⬇️ Congresswoman Ashley Hinson... | facebook.com”
Miller-Meeks (R-IA-2) 02/20/2022: Tweet – “As part of our educational tour of Israel, we visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem. I joined countless others in leaving a written request and praying for those in need. Link to image”
Murphy (D-CT) 02/19/2022: Retweet of @dylanotes – “Just as it supported implementation of the Iran Deal in 2015 and opposed Trump's abandonment of the agreement in 2018, a consensus of Israel's security establishment seems to be forming in support of restoring the deal as the best available current option Harris discussed Ukraine and Iran with Israeli defense minister in Munich | axios.com Link to image”
Murphy (D-CT) 02/19/2022: Tweet – “Opponents of a renewed Iran nuclear deal will come at you with two alternatives: (1) more "maximum pressure"/sabotage - the two strategies the U.S. and Israel tried since 2018. They both resulted in Iran's nuclear weapons "break out" time going from a year to weeks. (2) war”
Schatz (D-HI) 02/19/2022: Retweet of @ChrisMurphyCT – “Opponents of a renewed Iran nuclear deal will come at you with two alternatives: (1) more "maximum pressure"/sabotage - the two strategies the U.S. and Israel tried since 2018. They both resulted in Iran's nuclear weapons "break out" time going from a year to weeks. (2) war”
Torres (D-NY-15) 02/20/2022: Retweet of @EytanSaenger – “.@LeoGreenbergNY had the privilege of having a wide ranging discussion with @RepRitchie about the 117th congress, Israel, public safety, youth engagement in politics and much more! Please give it a listen using the links below: NYC Young Politicos - A Conversation with Congressman Ritchie Torres NYC Young Politicos: NYC Young Politicos - A Conversation with Congressman Ritchie Torres on Apple Podcasts”
Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-23) 02/19/2022: Tweet – “I'm joining @HouseDemocrats to visit Israel and the West Bank to hear from significant leaders in the area regarding the U.S.-Israel relationship and international security. Link to video”
Syria
Hill (R-AR-2) 02/20/2022: Twitter thread – “Thanks to @SoccerMouaz and the @syrianetf for the invitation to speak at today's International Syrian Forum. I expressed my concerns with Assad's efforts to turn Syria into a narco-state to fund his crimes against humanity through the production and trafficking of captagon. Link to image .@RepBrendanBoyle and I have introduced H.R. 6265, the CAPTAGON Act to disrupt and dismantle narcotics production and trafficking and affiliated networks linked to the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria. RELEASE: Hill & Boyle Introduce Bill to Disrupt and Dismantle Assad's Narcotics Production and Trafficking... | hill.house.gov”
Iran
Fleischmann (R-TN-3) 02/20/2022: Tweet – “I joined over 160 of my colleagues to demand President Biden and his Administration work with Congress on any nuclear deal with Iran. Any deal made with the world's leading sponsor of terror must be submitted to the Senate for ratification. Read more 👇 House GOP moves to tank Biden's Iran nuclear diplomacy... | axios.com”
Gallagher (R-WI-8) 02/19/2022: Twitter thread – “Rep. Gallagher: “Another day, another statement in Farsi deriding Americans as racist, xenophobic, Islamophobic, and more. Is it the Mullahs? Chinese or Russian propaganda? No, it's the Vice President of the United States…” Link to quoted tweet.@VP: حقیقت این است: تبعیض نژادی در آمریکا وجود دارد. بیگانه ستیزی در آمریکا وجود دارد. یهود ستیزی، اسلام هراسی، همجنسگرا هراسی، ترنس هراسی، همه وجود دارند. رسیدگی به بی عدالتی هرکجا که باشد، فعالیت پیش روست. (Link to twitter.com) “…We live in a great country where people are free to disparage it as much as they want. However, shameless pandering and self-abnegation during a growing crisis is beyond malpractice — it is woke gone wild and detracts from our ability to stand firm in defense of our values.””
Jackson (R-TX-13) 02/19/2022: Tweet – “As a part of the U.S. delegation to Munich, we're meeting with foreign leaders and discussing ways the U.S. can be a global leader in countering bad actors like Russia, China, and Iran. The Biden Administration has ignored the threat posed by these bad actors for far too long.”
Murphy (D-CT) 02/19/2022: Tweet – “Gulf countries hated Obama's Iran nuclear deal. Now they are rooting for Biden to restart it. Why? 1. They saw that it worked. To their surprise, Iran made good on its end. 2. They know a failure to get back into a deal sets off a cataclysmic nuclear weapons race in the region.”
Murphy (D-CT) 02/19/2022: Tweet – “Huh. Link to quoted tweetEven a plurality of Republicans now favor the JCPOA. (Many U.S. Voters Support a Binding Nuclear Deal With Iran. That Might Not Count for Much | morningconsult.com) (Link to twitter.com)”
Schatz (D-HI) 02/19/2022: Retweet of @ChrisMurphyCT – “Gulf countries hated Obama's Iran nuclear deal. Now they are rooting for Biden to restart it. Why? 1. They saw that it worked. To their surprise, Iran made good on its end. 2. They know a failure to get back into a deal sets off a cataclysmic nuclear weapons race in the region.”
Iraq
Swalwell (D-CA-15) 02/19/2022: Retweet of @RubenGallego – “I've experienced this…I knew I was Latino when they called me “spic” & “beaner” growing up. When I came back from Iraq, people like @TuckerCarlson told me to go back to Mexico. The good news is Tucker is in the minority of the ignorant and racist. We are better than this. Link to quoted tweet”
Yemen
Murphy (D-CT) 02/19/2022: Tweet – “The U.S. delegation met with the UN and the World Food Program in Munich. They told us that if the U.S. designates the Houthis as an FTO, they will have to cease food distribution to 13 million people and the commercial food market will also collapse. Starvation to follow. Link to quoted tweetA bipartisan group of 17 lawmakers urge the US Administration to re-list the Houthis as an FTO. “Removing the designation was meant to help the dire humanitarian situation in Yemen, but it has done little outside of embolden the Houthis” Read the letter: (Seventeen lawmakers write to Biden urging reinstatement of Houthi terrorist designation... | jewishinsider.com) (Link to twitter.com)”
Jewish, Anti-semitism
Bacon (R-NE-2) 02/19/2022: Tweet – “The Holocaust was one of the worst crimes ever committed against mankind in the history of humanity. I was one of the leading members for the Never Again Education Act (now law) which incorporates Holocaust education into students' lesson plans. Bill would add Holocaust, other acts of genocide to Nebraska's multicultural education... | ow.ly”
Steube (R-FL-17) 02/20/2022: Tweet – “Antisemitism runs rampant from the halls of Congress to our neighborhoods. We must call it out and condemn it. This hatred is not just Anti-Semitic, it's Anti-American. Praying for our Jewish community. Sarasota is resilient and we will not be intimidated. Sarasota neighborhood bombarded with anti-Semitic messages launches unity campaign in response... | wfla.com”
Steube (R-FL-17) 02/20/2022: GETTR Post – “Antisemitism runs rampant from the halls of Congress to our neighborhoods. We must call it out and condemn it. This hatred is not just Anti-Semitic, it's Anti-American. Praying for our Jewish community. Sarasota is resilient and we will not be intimidated. Sarasota neighborhood bombarded with anti-Semitic messages launches unity campaign in response | wfla.com”
Afghanistan
Carter (R-TX-31) 02/19/2022: Tweet – “It has been 6 months since Biden's disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan and we still don't know how many Americans are unaccounted for. President Biden failed the American people and our Afghan allies.”