Members on the Record (Automated) for Wed May 25, 2022

Israel - Palestine

Beyer (D-VA-8) 05/24/2022: Retweet of @RepDonBeyer – “We need answers about the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh, an American citizen and journalist working in the West Bank, and I just joined colleagues in asking the State Department and the FBI to open an investigation. More details here: Link to quoted tweet”

Cassidy (R-LA) 05/24/2022: Tweet – “Happy to join this letter telling @StateDept to rescind grants to organizations that seek to demonize #Israel. Taxpayer money should not be used to harass one of our greatest allies. Stop '$1-million grants to anti-Israel NGOs,' Republicans tell Blinken... | jpost.com”

Gottheimer (D-NJ-5) 05/25/2022: Twitter thread – “After leading Members from both sides of the aisle to raise grave concerns about the looming Iran deal, I'm glad to see that the Administration is keeping the IRGC on the Foreign Terror Organization list. Iran's IRGC will remain on terrorist blacklist, Biden told Bennett... | jpost.com Hezbollah, Hamas, and​ ​Palestinian Islamic Jihad — all terrorist organizations — are financed by the Iranian regime, the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism.”

Inhofe (R-OK) 05/25/2022: Tweet – “Removing the IRGC from the FTO list should have never been on the table in the first place. I share PM Bennett's relief that this terrible idea is dead. But I still worry about the billions of dollars in sanctions relief that @Rob_Malley has reportedly offered Iran. Link to quoted tweet🔴 US President Joe Biden reportedly told Prime Minister Naftali Bennett last month that his decision to keep Iran's IRGC on the list of designated foreign terrorist organizations (FTO) is final. #Iran | #USA | #Israel (Iran's IRGC will remain on terrorist blacklist, Biden told Bennett... | jpost.com)”

Long (R-MO-7) 05/25/2022: Retweet of @HananyaNaftali – “A Jewish father and his baby were stoned nearly to death by Palestinians in Samaria. If the story was different and the victims were Palestinian - you would see CNN, BBC, and all the other hypocrites immediately reporting about this. But when it's Jews - it's not news. Link to image”

Newman (D-IL-3) 05/25/2022: Retweet of @maxberger – “There was a candidate in TX-28, @JCisnerosTX, who inspired young people around the country to make over 1 million voter contacts on her behalf. But, Pelosi and Clyburn joined billionaires and AIPAC to defeat that candidate in favor of the guy under investigation for corruption.”

Newman (D-IL-3) 05/25/2022: Retweet of @_waleedshahid – “Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer, Jim Clyburn, Hakeem Jeffries, and AIPAC are all endorsing NRA-backed Democrat, Henry Cuellar, in today's primary featuring progressive @JCisnerosTX. #TX28 In Texas, a Lone House Democrat Has an ‘A' Rating From the N.R.A. Can He Survive? (Published 2019)... | nytimes.com”

Phillips (D-MN-3) 05/24/2022: Tweet – “If we wish to protect the truth, we must protect the journalists who risk their lives to uncover it for the world. Should this report be true, I condemn the killing and inexcusable lack of transparency, and expect those responsible to be held to account. Link to quoted tweetCNN investigation: New evidence suggests Shireen Abu Akleh was killed in targeted attack by Israeli forces - @CNN (New evidence suggests Shireen Abu Akleh was killed in targeted attack by Israeli forces... | cnn.com)”

Syria

Risch (R-ID) 05/24/2022: Tweet – “As @sams_usa confirms, #Russia & #Assad bear responsibility for the vast majority of attacks on #Syrian medical facilities & continue to do so with impunity. The fact that #Moscow has exported the same horrific tactics to #Ukraine underscores the urgent need for accountability.”

Iran

Bacon (R-NE-2) 05/24/2022: In reply to TweetIt's not about human rights at all, it's about power and hegemony. (Link to twitter.com) – “@_tarrvis If you're talking about Russia, China and Iran… I agree.”

Cornyn (R-TX) 05/24/2022: Tweet – “Good Biden made final decision to keep Iran's IRGC on terrorist list, sources say... | politico.com”

Diaz-Balart (R-FL-25) 05/24/2022: Tweet – “While #Venezuela continues to increase its ties with other tyrannies such as #Iran, the Biden Admin must not further ease sanctions in the same energy sector where Iran is working with the #Maduro regime, as it seems to be beginning with Chevron. EXCLUSIVE After revamping Venezuela's smallest oil refinery, Iran to fix the largest... | reuters.com”

Franklin (R-FL-15) 05/24/2022: Tweet – “The Biden Administration is finally abandoning its plan to remove Iran's IRGC from the designated terrorist list. I'm grateful to my 86 colleagues who joined my letter in March urging the State Department to abandon this idea. Franklin Leads Letter to Keep Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Foreign Terrorist Organization List... | franklin.house.gov   Link to image”

Menendez (D-NJ) 05/25/2022: Retweet of @cspan – “.@SenateForeign @SFRCdems hearing on Iran Policy - LIVE at 10am ET online here: Special Envoy for Iran Testifies on JCPOA Negotiations with Iran... | c-span.org   Link to image”

Menendez (D-NJ) 05/25/2022: Tweet – “TUNE IN as #SFRC convenes a hearing on #JCPOA negotiations & US policy on #Iran moving forward. Stream live testimony from @USEnvoyIran Robert Malley, @CarnegieEndow Senior Fellow @ksadjadpour, @FDD Chief Executive Officer @mdubowitz here: Home | United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations”

Menendez (D-NJ) 05/25/2022: Retweet of @jmhansler – “"Once again, we're faced with the heartache and despair of witnessing a mass shooting that takes the lives of children," @SenatorMenendez said at start of SFRC hearing on Iran. "Let's be clear: every mass shooting is the result of a policy failure."”

Miller-Meeks (R-IA-2) 05/25/2022: Tweet – “For years the IRGC has supported and participated in numerous human rights abuses and terrorist activities. This is the right decision. Biden made final decision to keep Iran's IRGC on terrorist list, sources say... | politico.com”

Risch (R-ID) 05/25/2022: Tweet – “I have long opposed any attempt to remove the #IRGC as an #FTO. #Iran remains the largest exporter of terrorism. It's ridiculous that the Biden Admin would even consider delisting the IRGC, given the threat it poses to U.S. citizens and national security interests.”

Tenney (R-NY-22) 05/25/2022: Tweet – “🚨NEW: #Iran failed to uphold its end of the JCPOA from day one. Today's news that it accessed secret IAEA documents to game the system is consistent with its plot to conceal a vast nuclear archive. Iran never came clean about the past military dimensions of its nuclear program. Link to image”

Torres (D-NY-15) 05/24/2022: Tweet – “Keeping a leading terrorist organization—Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps—on the terror blacklist is a triumph of common sense. Thank you @POTUS! Link to quoted tweetPresident Biden has decided to keep Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on a terrorist blacklist, according to a senior Western official, further complicating international efforts to restore the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. (Biden made final decision to keep Iran's IRGC on terrorist list, sources say... | politico.com)”

Waltz (R-FL-6) 05/24/2022: Tweet – “Here's why the Iranian people are protesting: ✅ High inflation, disrupted supply chains & food crises ✅ Economic mismanagement & corruption ✅ Nuclear deal uncertainty ✅ Multi-year drought Will Biden do as little as Obama did to help them? FDD | Protests in Iran Are Surging. The Biden Administration Can Help.”

Jordan

Deutch (D-FL-22) 05/24/2022: Retweet of @AymanHsafadi – “It was a pleasure meeting Chair of #MENA @HouseForeign Subcommittee @RepTedDeutch on margins of #WEF2022. Stressed strength of our partnership and discussed regional issues. Grateful for support and enduring friendship. Link to quoted tweet”

Iraq

Bacon (R-NE-2) 05/24/2022: Retweet of @RepPfluger – “Forbes is reporting an ISIS plotter planned to assassinate George W. Bush with four Iraqi compatriots smuggled across the U.S.-Mexico border. The threat of terrorism due to our porous southern border grows every day. We must secure our border. EXCLUSIVE: ISIS Plotting To Assassinate George W. Bush In Dallas... | forbes.com”

Biggs (R-AZ-5) 05/24/2022: Tweet – “The FBI reports an ISIS operative was hoping to smuggle four Iraqi men via the southern border to take out President Bush. This is why border security matters. In many cases, we have no idea who is coming into our country under Biden's policies. EXCLUSIVE: ISIS Plotting To Assassinate George W. Bush In Dallas... | forbes.com”

Blackburn (R-TN) 05/24/2022: Tweet – ““I am a fighter. My fight began 17 years ago when my husband Scotty was blinded in Iraq by a suicide car bomb.” - @SmileyForWA Listen to the latest episode of @FreedomRingsPod to learn more about Tiffany Smiley's inspirational journey → Freedom Rings with Marsha Blackburn... | freedomrings.buzzsprout.com”

Cornyn (R-TX) 05/24/2022: Retweet of @RepPfluger – “Forbes is reporting an ISIS plotter planned to assassinate George W. Bush with four Iraqi compatriots smuggled across the U.S.-Mexico border. The threat of terrorism due to our porous southern border grows every day. We must secure our border. EXCLUSIVE: ISIS Plotting To Assassinate George W. Bush In Dallas... | forbes.com”

Cruz (R-TX) 05/24/2022: Tweet – “Stunning. This bombshell report puts it in the absolute starkest terms the necessity to secure the border NOW. #BidenBorderCrisis Link to quoted tweetWoah. @Forbes reports the FBI uncovered a plot by an ISIS operative living in the U.S. to kill George W. Bush. The FBI says the ISIS operative was hoping to smuggle a team of four Iraqi men through the Southern border after getting them MX visitor visas. (EXCLUSIVE: ISIS Plotting To Assassinate George W. Bush In Dallas... | forbes.com)”

LaTurner (R-KS-2) 05/24/2022: Tweet – “An ISIS plotter was planning to assassinate George W. Bush w/ a team of terrorists he wanted to smuggle across our wide-open southern border. 27 ppl on the terror watch list were already caught trying to cross the border this fiscal year. Border security is national security! Link to quoted tweetWoah. @Forbes reports the FBI uncovered a plot by an ISIS operative living in the U.S. to kill George W. Bush. The FBI says the ISIS operative was hoping to smuggle a team of four Iraqi men through the Southern border after getting them MX visitor visas. (EXCLUSIVE: ISIS Plotting To Assassinate George W. Bush In Dallas... | forbes.com)”

Malinowski (D-NJ-7) 05/25/2022: Retweet of @NPRinskeep – “The US has 87,498 elementary schools. If the answer is “armed guards,” each needs enough trained and armed to face a gunman in body armor. Say, four? Then 349,992, more than the army that occupied Iraq. That's not for or against the idea; just what it is. Education Statistics: Facts About American Schools... | edweek.org”

Malliotakis (R-NY-11) 05/24/2022: Retweet of @axios – “NEW: The FBI foiled an ISIS plot to kill George W. Bush, per the DOJ. An Iraqi man in the U.S. with alleged links to the group has been charged federally after looking to smuggle 4 people into the country to murder the former president. FBI foiled ISIS plot to kill George W. Bush, DOJ says... | trib.al”

McCarthy (R-CA-23) 05/24/2022: Retweet of @RepPfluger – “Forbes is reporting an ISIS plotter planned to assassinate George W. Bush with four Iraqi compatriots smuggled across the U.S.-Mexico border. The threat of terrorism due to our porous southern border grows every day. We must secure our border. EXCLUSIVE: ISIS Plotting To Assassinate George W. Bush In Dallas... | forbes.com”

Pfluger (R-TX-11) 05/24/2022: Tweet – “Forbes is reporting an ISIS plotter planned to assassinate George W. Bush with four Iraqi compatriots smuggled across the U.S.-Mexico border. The threat of terrorism due to our porous southern border grows every day. We must secure our border. EXCLUSIVE: ISIS Plotting To Assassinate George W. Bush In Dallas... | forbes.com”

Horn of Africa

Smith (D-WA-9) 05/24/2022: Twitter thread – “Washington's 9th District is home to many organizations that are doing important work to empower the most vulnerable among us and make our region a better place to live for all residents. Recently I submitted 15 community project funding requests to the House Appropriations Committee for consideration in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 appropriations bill. Here's an overview of the projects: $5.25 million for El Centro de la Raza to expand the services provided at the new Pattison's West Campus in Federal Way - a mixed-use development of small businesses, workforce housing, youth reengagement, job skill building, and a community center. $4 million for @SomaliHB to build the Somali Community Cultural Innovation Hub in Rainier Valley - a multigenerational health hub, senior housing space, cultural anchor, early learning & childcare space, & community center for Somalis in the face of gentrification & displacement. $675,000 for ANEW to expand its construction pre-apprenticeship programming and add a Commercial Driver's Licensing (CDL) program in South King County to increase access to family wage careers in construction and transportation fields for women and people of color. $1.3 million for @PlymouthHousing to establish and expand health care services at the new Eastgate Permanent Supportive Housing in Bellevue, which is a publicly funded, low-income housing project serving formerly homeless individuals opening in 2023. $4 million for @FLSseattle for the Little Saigon Landmark project in the International District, which will provide affordable housing, affordable commercial space, and a cultural center for low-moderate income community members within the AAPI community. $1.5 million for @LIHIhousing to develop the Skyway Affordable Housing and Early Learning Center in Skyway - a mixed-use rental project which seeks to combat displacement that continues to threaten the community, especially low-income individuals and communities of color. $2,550,00 for the African Chamber of Commerce of the PNW for the African Business Innovation Center in Tukwila - a business, economic, and trade hub to help address growing inequities and underinvestment within the workforce and small business community in South King County. $3 million for @SeaMarCHC to support construction of the new affordable housing development and medical clinic in Kent, which will increase access to healthcare, culturally sensitive care, and affordable and equitable medical and housing services for underserved populations. $1 million for the Central District Community Preservation and Development Authority to improve the McKinney Center for Community & Economic Development in the Central District - a multi-purpose hub for education, workforce training, business development, and other services. $750,000 for the Southeast Seattle Senior Foundation. The funding will support the Southeast Seattle Affordable Housing and Home Ownership project in Rainier Valley, which will help reverse displacement being experienced in the neighborhood. $500,000 for Congolese Integration Network to build a new Refugee Healing Center in Sea Tac that will be a service hub, a community building, and a cultural home for refugees and immigrants in King County. $500,00 for @utopia_wa to expand services at the Mapu Maia Clinic in Kent. The funding will enable the clinic to provide needed community and culturally informed health care services and programming to more members of the LGBTQI community, immigrants, and communities of color. $1.5 million for @DefenderOrg to intensify LEAD - a community-based diversion program for low-level crime related to substance use disorder - in the Chinatown-International District and expand services to Southeast Seattle, including Rainier Beach, Columbia City and Mount Baker. $1.5 million for the @CityofRenton to develop Logan Place Market, which will be a vibrant marketplace for residents and an incubator space for small businesses with a particular focus on minority-owned, women-owned, and historically disadvantaged businesses in downtown Renton. $2,601,858 for the Cowlitz Indian Tribe to support the Cowlitz Tribal Health Seattle Clinic's interdependent programming, expand its services, and create an integrated health care campus to serve American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) living in the King County area. These 15 projects will uplift individuals, families, and neighborhoods in Washington's 9th District and help tackle some of our region's most pressing issues. Learn more: Rep. Smith Submits 15 Community Project Funding Requests for Fiscal Year 2023 - Press Releases - Congressman Adam Smith”

Sudan

Menendez (D-NJ) 05/24/2022: Tweet – “TUNE IN as Senator @ChrisMurphyCT chairs today's #SFRC hearing to consider ambassadorial nominations to South Africa, Tanzania, Kenya, Zambia, The Sudan, and South Sudan. Stream testimony and questions live here: Home | United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations   Link to image”

Jewish, Anti-semitism

Casten (D-IL-6) 05/25/2022: Retweet of @adamcbest – “Uvalde: AR-15 Buffalo: AR-15 Boulder: AR-15 Orlando: AR-15 Parkland: AR-15 Las Vegas: AR-15 Aurora, CO: AR-15 Sandy Hook: AR-15 Waffle House: AR-15 San Bernardino: AR-15 Midland/Odessa: AR-15 Poway synagogue: AR-15 Sutherland Springs: AR-15 Tree of Life Synagogue: AR-15”

Frankel (D-FL-21) 05/24/2022: Tweet – “Aly Raisman made our country proud as an accomplished Olympian. She also bravely stood up & spoke out against the abuse she suffered under USA Gymnastics' leadership, making the sport safer for future athletes. This #JewishAmericanHeritageMonth, let's celebrate her. Link to image”

Maloney (D-NY-12) 05/24/2022: Retweet of @YanaLukeman – “Great spending time @NYCMayor Jewish Heritage event and watching @RepMaloney @CarolynBMaloney represent #NY12 Link to image”

Swalwell (D-CA-15) 05/24/2022: Retweet of @vrimjai – “This shouldn't be normal. We should be able to keep kids safe from gun violence. We should be able to keep elders safe in grocery stores. We should be able to keep worshippers safe at their churches, synagogues, and gurdwaras.”

Velázquez (D-NY-7) 05/25/2022: Tweet – “Can we all agree that these weapons of war have NO place in civilian homes or for sale at American superstores? #BanAssaultWeapons Link to quoted tweetUvalde: AR-15 Buffalo: AR-15 Boulder: AR-15 Orlando: AR-15 Parkland: AR-15 Las Vegas: AR-15 Aurora, CO: AR-15 Sandy Hook: AR-15 Waffle House: AR-15 San Bernardino: AR-15 Midland/Odessa: AR-15 Poway synagogue: AR-15 Sutherland Springs: AR-15 Tree of Life Synagogue: AR-15”

Afghanistan

Graham (R-SC) 05/24/2022: Twitter thread – “A very interesting read. If this report is accurate the obvious is unfolding before our eyes. ▶️ Biden's failed – and frankly insane – border policies are making us less safe. ▶️ The rise of terrorism is again threatening the United States. EXCLUSIVE: ISIS Plotting To Assassinate George W. Bush In Dallas... | forbes.com Unfortunately, any terrorist with half a brain understands the insane situation at our broken southern border is an open invitation to come to America and carry out an attack. This is yet another example of how our broken asylum system is open to abuse. It must stop. ISIS and other terrorist groups are again gaining strength and the short-sighted withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan has put America at an increased risk. We can't turn a blind eye to the very real threats terrorists continue to pose. We must correct the Biden border policies and come up with a real over-the-horizon capability to hit terrorists where they live – not allow them to ever get into the United States. Finally, thank you to the FBI for uncovering and stopping this threat against our former President.”

Waltz (R-FL-6) 05/24/2022: Tweet – “In 2014, Army Ranger, SSG Travis Dunn was shot in the upper torso & fell from an embankment while serving in Afghanistan, resulting in paraplegia. Thanks to @JAH4WW & the Lori Fund, this American hero now has a handicap accessible home for him & his family. RTLW!🇺🇸 Link to image”

Other - Middle East

Banks (R-IN-3) 05/24/2022: Tweet – “An ISIS terrorist was planning to smuggle assassins across our wide-open southern border to murder former President Bush. The crisis at our southern border is a threat to the sovereignty of our nation and the safety of every community. EXCLUSIVE: ISIS Plotting To Assassinate George W. Bush In Dallas... | forbes.com”

Carter (R-TX-31) 05/24/2022: Tweet – “Having a porous border has real national security implications. Every day that the border is overwhelmed increases the risk of terrorism on our soil, b/c we have no idea who is coming into our country. President Biden must act now to secure the border. EXCLUSIVE: ISIS Plotting To Assassinate George W. Bush In Dallas... | forbes.com”

Clyde (R-GA-9) 05/24/2022: Tweet – “ISIS terrorists planned to take full advantage of Joe Biden's wide open border in a plot to assassinate a former U.S. president. Yet DHS Secretary Mayorkas touts that he has “operational control” of the southern border. The Biden Administration is a total disgrace.”

Fallon (R-TX-4) 05/24/2022: Tweet – “An alleged ISIS-linked individual was hoping to smuggle a team of assassins THROUGH OUR SOUTHERN BORDER to kill former President George W. Bush. Still think our southern border isn't a matter of national security? Link to quoted tweet#BREAKING: An alleged #ISIS-linked operative in the U.S. was plotting to kill former President George W. Bush, going so far as to travel to Dallas in November to take video around the former president's home. (EXCLUSIVE: ISIS Plotting To Assassinate George W. Bush In Dallas... | forbes.com)”

McCarthy (R-CA-23) 05/24/2022: Tweet – “Terror suspects are crossing the southern border illegally Just today we learned one suspect with ties to ISIS planned to smuggle assassins across the border to target former President Bush Link to video”

Norman (R-SC-5) 05/24/2022: Tweet – “Biden has tried to dismantle EVERY meaningful effort to curb illegal immigration across our southern border. The fact that terrorists are exploiting his efforts should surprise no one. Link to quoted tweetAn alleged ISIS operative in the U.S. was plotting to kill George W. Bush, going so far as to travel to Dallas in November to take video around the former president's home and recruiting help from a team of compatriots he hoped to smuggle into the country. (EXCLUSIVE: ISIS Plotting To Assassinate George W. Bush In Dallas... | trib.al)”

Pfluger (R-TX-11) 05/24/2022: Tweet – “In the same week we learn: DHS released a suspected terrorist into the U.S. & ISIS operatives planned to assassinate President Bush after illegally crossing the southern border. The threat of a deadly attack on U.S. soil is grave. We MUST secure our border.”

Reschenthaler (R-PA-14) 05/24/2022: Tweet – “The FBI uncovered an ISIS terrorist's plot to assassinate former President Bush using a team smuggled into the U.S. through our open southern border. Biden's open border policies endanger every American community. EXCLUSIVE: ISIS Plotting To Assassinate George W. Bush In Dallas... | bit.ly”

Stefanik (R-NY-21) 05/24/2022: Tweet – “🚨🚨🚨 House Republicans have been sounding the alarm that border security is national security. Yet Joe Biden and Democrats continue their negligent disregard for this raging southern border crisis impacting the entire country. Link to quoted tweetBREAKING: ISIS suspect arrested for alleged plot to assassinate former President George W. Bush (ISIS affiliated suspect arrested for alleged plot to kill President Bush... | fxn.ws)”

Swalwell (D-CA-15) 05/24/2022: Tweet – “Why did Donald Trump let a terrorist into the United States? Link to quoted tweetThe FBI has uncovered a plot by ISIS to assassinate former President George W. Bush. The alleged plotter came into the U.S. in 2020, claimed asylum, and was planning to smuggle his terrorist friends in through the southern border.”

Waltz (R-FL-6) 05/24/2022: Tweet – “The suspected assassin was “recruiting a team of compatriots he hoped to smuggle into the country over the Mexican border..." #SecureOurBorder EXCLUSIVE: ISIS Plotting To Assassinate George W. Bush In Dallas... | forbes.com”