Members on the Record (Automated) for Sat July 09, 2022

Israel - Palestine

Bacon (R-NE-2) 07/08/2022: Retweet of @AIPAC – “The best way to understand Israel is to experience it firsthand. A bipartisan congressional delegation just returned from a week in Israel with AIPAC's charitable foundation. @RepJoshG @RepFredUpton @RepMikeTurner @RepAuchincloss @RepRonKind @RepDonBacon @DonaldNorcross Link to quoted tweet”

Tlaib (D-MI-13) 07/08/2022: Tweet – “My statement on the @StateDept's failed response to the assassination of American citizen and Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh: Tlaib Statement on State Department Handling of Shireen Abu Akleh's Assassination | Representative Rashida Tlaib   Link to image”

Tlaib (D-MI-13) 07/08/2022: Retweet of @Harbpeace – “.@RashidaTlaib says @StateDept failed to carry out its mission when it comes to Shireen, a US citizen. "This failure sends a clear message to the world: some American lives are worth more than others, and some ‘allies' have license to kill with impunity." ‘Sense of betrayal': Abu Akleh's family demands action from Biden... | aljazeera.com”

Syria

McCaul (R-TX-10) 07/08/2022: Tweet – “LR @RepMcCaul “It's despicable the Kremlin vetoed the UN's last remaining Syria aid crossing, through which millions of Syrians receive life saving humanitarian aid. UNSC must overcome Russian obstruction & reauthorize this crossing. If the auth lapses, innocent people will die.” Link to quoted tweetYesterday my colleagues and I called for the @UN Security Council to renew cross-border humanitarian access in Syria. I urge the UNSC to resist Russia's games. We need a 12 month renewal, without extraneous conditions, provisions, or concessions. (Link to twitter.com)”

Risch (R-ID) 07/08/2022: Tweet – “#Putin, with a blackened & abandoned heart, continues to demonstrate his callous disregard for innocent #Syrians by vetoing a 12-month extension of the #BabAlHawa border crossing. It's time #Russia is held accountable for its numerous crimes. The UNSC must find a resolution ASAP.”

Iran

Risch (R-ID) 07/08/2022: Tweet – “As the Biden Admin tries to rush back into the #JCPOA, #Iran continues to destabilize the Middle East and flood the region with illicit weapons. U.S. sanctions relief will only serve to increase Iranian terrorism. U.S. Navy Supports UK Seizure of Iranian Missiles... | centcom.mil”

Saudi Arabia

Roy (R-TX-21) 07/08/2022: Twitter thread – “Enter Greg Norman, Phil & the boys with @LIVGolfInv to help the Saudis against those “greedy pigs” of the @PGATour who've… checks notes… made these guys really, really rich for playing golf while giving $2.3 Billion to charity across the US… but man, those private jet parties! Link to quoted tweetAs Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman races to diversify Saudi Arabia's oil-dependent economy, the kingdom's $620 billion sovereign wealth fund — which he chairs — is taking center stage (Making Saudi Inc: How MBS drove the sovereign wealth fund's oil-fueled takeover - Bloomberg) (Link to twitter.com)   Link to reply@chiproytx @LIVGolfInv @PGATOUR I may have to disagree with you on this one. Fans made PGA and these golfers rich. I really don't see the problem. PGA, NFL, MLB, NASCAR have all become woke. Competition is good. @pedsscrub @LIVGolfInv @PGATOUR This isn't competition - it's the Saudi government dumping unlimited money directly to buy off players & attack the Tour & buy an American institution. The Tour is, thus far, one of the least woke of all the sports enterprises & the most merit-based.”

Westerman (R-AR-4) 07/08/2022: Twitter thread – “After multiple failed attempts to lower US gas prices by robbing our SPR, will someone please inform Biden that we have much larger & more strategic undeveloped energy resources that can be extracted, processed, & utilized cleaner and safer here at home? GOP hammers Biden for allowing emergency oil reserves to go to China: 'compromising our energy security'... | foxbusiness.com Mr. President, please develop US energy resources. It could solve many of our and the world's problems without having to go to Saudi Arabia and beg for their oil.”

Turkey

Butterfield (D-NC-1) 07/09/2022: Retweet of @HouseForeign – “Many thanks to #AmbassadorFlake and the teams at @ABDIstanbul and @USEmbassyTurkey for welcoming the delegation to Istanbul, Turkey. Link to image”

Gallego (D-AZ-7) 07/09/2022: Tweet – “Just take his pension away and call It even. Traitors don't get pensions from the government they try to overthrow. Link to quoted tweetPentagon investigators found that Michael Flynn received nearly $450,000 from Turkish and Russian interests. The Army now wants some of that money back. (via @MaddowBlog) (The Army seeks to recoup $38,557.06 from Michael Flynn... | on.msnbc.com)”

Meeks (D-NY-5) 07/09/2022: Tweet – “Many thanks to #AmbassadorFlake and the teams at @ABDIstanbul and @USEmbassyTurkey for welcoming the delegation to Istanbul, Turkey. Link to image”

Pallone (D-NJ-6) 07/08/2022: Tweet – “I sent a bipartisan letter to @POTUS today expressing opposition to the proposed sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey. We must not support Turkey's military until tangible steps are taken to stop Erdoğan's destabilizing actions and violations of international law. Link to image”

Swalwell (D-CA-15) 07/08/2022: Tweet – “But Hunter's laptop … 😐 Link to quoted tweetPentagon investigators found that Michael Flynn received nearly $450,000 from Turkish and Russian interests. The Army now wants some of that money back. (via @MaddowBlog) (The Army seeks to recoup $38,557.06 from Michael Flynn... | on.msnbc.com)”

Titus (D-NV-1) 07/08/2022: Tweet – “Today I sent a letter to @POTUS urging him to reconsider the potential sale of next-generation F-16 fighter jets to Turkey. We cannot ignore Erdoğan's destabilizing actions in the region and his human rights abuses against religious, ethnic, and political minorities at home.”

Yemen

Beyer (D-VA-8) 07/08/2022: Tweet – “Millions in Yemen face starvation as the brutal war there drags on. We must put a stop to U.S. complicity in this crisis. I joined colleagues from both parties to introduce a resolution to end unauthorized U.S. military involvement in the war in Yemen.”

Afghanistan

Carter (R-GA-1) 07/09/2022: Tweet – “The Biden Administration is doing everything it can to avoid accountability for the disaster in Afghanistan. Congressional Democrats are letting them off the hook. We must Take Back The House to hold Joe Biden accountable! Emails show State Department didn't cooperate, government watchdog says... | nbcnews.to”

Miller (R-IL-15) 07/08/2022: Tweet – “One year ago today, Joe Biden said the Taliban would not take Afghanistan and we would not have to evacuate the US embassy like the fall of Saigon. Everything he said turned out to be wrong, and there has still been zero accountability. Link to quoted tweetOne year ago today, Joe Biden held one of the most embarrassing press conferences in American history, claiming it was "highly unlikely" the Taliban would take over Afghanistan. One month later, it happened. (Link to twitter.com)”