Members on the Record (Automated) for Tue January 17, 2023

Israel - Palestine

Gillibrand (D-NY) 01/16/2023: Tweet – “Our next stop on our bipartisan delegation trip to the Abraham Accords member countries brought us to Bahrain, where we spent multiple productive days meeting with senior government officials and members of the National Assembly and visited a synagogue in Manama. Link to image”

Gillibrand (D-NY) 01/16/2023: Retweet of @JasonKoppel – “Thank you @gillibrandny for strengthening the Abraham Accords - an agreement that has ushered in a new era of peace and prosperity. Wishing you and your Senate colleagues a productive mission. 🇺🇸🇮🇱🇲🇦🇧🇭🇦🇪 Link to quoted tweet”

Rosen (D-NV) 01/16/2023: Twitter thread – “Thank you to Vice Admiral Cooper for hosting us at NAVCENT HQ in Bahrain, home of the @US5thFleet. Their innovative work is critical to growing our partnerships in the Middle East and realizing the full potential of the Abraham Accords through stronger regional maritime security. Link to image We also had an opportunity to meet with Nevada servicemembers working at NAVCENT to learn more about their efforts in the region and thank them for their service to our country. Link to image”

Rosen (D-NV) 01/17/2023: Tweet – “Thank you to King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa for his strong commitment to the Abraham Accords, his vision for peaceful coexistence & cooperation in the region, & the opportunity to visit his beautiful country, Bahrain. Link to image”

Iran

Cornyn (R-TX) 01/17/2023: Retweet of @JasonMBrodsky – “#BREAKING: European Commission President @vonderleyen said on Tuesday she backed listing #Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation to respond to the "trampling" of fundamental human rights" in the country. #IRGCTerrorists DAVOS 2023: EU's Von der Leyen backs listing Iran's Guards as a terrorist group... | reuters.com”

Himes (D-CT-4) 01/17/2023: Retweet of @203action – “Thank you Paris. #WomanLifeFreedom #IranianLivesMatter #Freeiran #noIRI #IRGCterrorists #NoMEK Photos from @moj Link to image”

Menendez (D-NJ) 01/17/2023: Tweet – “Rather than encouraging creative talents of Iran's youth to flourish, the Iranian regime robs people like #MehdiMohammadiFard of their freedom & sentences them to death. That's why young Iranians are fed up with this govt that has done nothing but stifle them their entire lives. Link to quoted tweetHairstylist and tatoo artist, #MehdiMohammadiFard sentenced to death for "corruption on earth" and "waging war against God," turned 19 in prison. #MahsaAmini‌ (Link to twitter.com)”

Iraq

Bacon (R-NE-2) 01/16/2023: In reply to Tweet15 years ago today, we arrived in Baghdad, Iraq. It was my first combat tour. We were among the last units of GEN Petraeus' "Surge." Unbeknowst to us, we'd be in the fight a short time later. Thinking of those who didnt make it back & those we lost to demons after we returned. (Link to twitter.com) (Link to twitter.com) – “@alexplitsas I arrived in 2007 as well.”

Turkey

Hern (R-OK-1) 01/17/2023: Tweet – “Last week, Turkey put a $500,000 bounty on @EnesFreedom's head for speaking out against their authoritarian regime. We've heard NOTHING from Biden–only SILENCE. I am calling on him to immediately take concrete action to hold Turkey accountable for putting a bounty on Enes Kanter.”

Malliotakis (R-NY-11) 01/17/2023: Retweet of @repkevinhern – “Last week, Turkey put a $500,000 bounty on @EnesFreedom's head for speaking out against their authoritarian regime. We've heard NOTHING from Biden–only SILENCE. I am calling on him to immediately take concrete action to hold Turkey accountable for putting a bounty on Enes Kanter.”

Malliotakis (R-NY-11) 01/17/2023: Retweet of @repkevinhern – “Last week, Turkey put a $500,000 bounty on @EnesFreedom's head for speaking out against their authoritarian regime. We've heard NOTHING from Biden–only SILENCE. I am calling on him to immediately take concrete action to hold Turkey accountable for putting a bounty on Enes Kanter.”

Libya

Swalwell (D-CA-14) 01/17/2023: Retweet of @EricSchultz – “reporters know scandal sells. they overhyped Solyndra, IRS/targeting, GSA conferences, Benghazi talking points — each called Obama's Watergate. but nothing scandalous ever uncovered. the problem is later, when there's real impropriety, reporters have already been crying wolf. Link to image”

Bahrain

Gillibrand (D-NY) 01/16/2023: Retweet of @US5thFleet – “Today, a Congressional delegation of U.S. senators from Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New York, North Carolina and Oklahoma visited 🇺🇸 military personnel in Bahrain and learned about U.S. 5th Fleet's integration of unmanned systems and AI. Link to image”

Pakistan

Green (D-TX-9) 01/16/2023: Tweet – “I am proud to have advocated for more funding to support flood victims in Pakistan & applaud @USAID's decision to provide an extra $100 million for flood recovery efforts. I am confident these funds will help alleviate the crisis & pledge to continue advocating for more aid. Link to quoted tweetNEWS: Today at the International Conference on Climate #ResilientPakistan, @ColemanUSAID announced an additional $100 million to Pakistan to help recovery efforts from the catastrophic floods in 2022. Learn more: (United States Pledges $100 Million to Support Continued Flood Recovery Efforts in Pakistan | Press Release | U.S. Agency for International Development) (Link to twitter.com)”

Jewish, Anti-semitism

Gonzales (R-TX-23) 01/16/2023: Retweet of @IvankaTrump – “Always love spending the day with my kids volunteering at our local food pantry. The @JCSSFL does incredible work helping those in need in our community. Learn more on how you can assist their efforts 🤍 Donations Archive - Jewish Community Services South Florida   Link to image”

Gottheimer (D-NJ-5) 01/16/2023: Twitter thread – “I'm proud to have introduced the bipartisan Holocaust Education and Antisemitism Lessons (HEAL) Act to require a nationwide study on Holocaust education efforts in public schools.    This comes during the rise in antisemitism at home and around the world. Bipartisan bill aims to examine Holocaust education efforts... | jewishinsider.com Every level of government must act to stop the drastic rise in antisemitism in New Jersey and throughout our country.    We must fight for robust education on the Holocaust and on the long history of antisemitism.   Hate has no home here.”

Malliotakis (R-NY-11) 01/17/2023: Retweet of @lauder_ronald – “The surge of anti-Semitism on campus demands a deeper level of concern. These incidents aren't just one-off vulgarities- they are signs of institutional Jew-hatred, leaving countless students feeling unwelcome and unsafe. My New Year's resolution: Make college leaders wake up to...... | tinyurl.com”

Schatz (D-HI) 01/16/2023: Retweet of @Kasparov63 – “"We can never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was "legal" and everything the Hungarian freedom fighters did in Hungary was "illegal." It was "illegal" to aid and comfort a Jew in Hitler's Germany."”

Afghanistan

Hunt (R-TX-38) 01/17/2023: Twitter thread – “If equal justice under the law still applies, then President Biden should have a big problem on his hands.  Months ago, the FBI raided President Trump's private residence over accusations of classified material.  When can we expect them to kick in Biden's door in Delaware? 🧵 For the past several decades, the FBI & DOJ have prosecuted government employees, defense contractors, former national security advisers, and CIA officials over much less than the mishandling of classified material that President Biden admitted to. These are just a few examples… 1.)  April 2005 – Former U.S. National Sec. Adviser Sandy Berger plead guilty to knowingly removing classified documents from the National Archives and Records Admin. Berger was ordered to pay a $50,000 fine and give up his security clearance for three years. 2.)  March 2013 –Retired Lt. Colonel Benjamin Pierce Bishop was arrested in Hawaii and charged with one count of unlawfully retaining documents. He was sentenced to more than seven years in prison. 3.)  March 2015 – Retired U.S. Army General David Petraeus, a former CIA director, plead guilty to one count of unauthorized removal and retention of classified material.  Petraeus was sentenced to two years of probation and a $100,000 fine. 4.)  July 2015 – U.S. Navy reservist Bryan Nishimura was sentenced to two years of probation and a $7,500 fine after he pleaded guilty to downloading and storing classified documents from his deployment to Afghanistan in 2007-2008 on his personal devices and media. 5.)  August 2016 – Former National Sec. Agency contractor Harold Martin was arrested for what federal prosecutors described as a theft of top-secret government information.  Martin pleaded guilty and was sentenced to nine years in prison. 6.)  January 2017 – Former defense contractor Weldon Marshall was arrested for unlawfully retaining classified information, stored on compact discs and computer hard drives that he kept at his home. Marshall was sentenced to more than three years in prison. 7.)  January 2018 – Former CIA officer Jerry Chun Shing Lee, was arrested on charges of unlawful retention of national defense information. Lee plead guilty and was sentenced to 19 years in prison. 8.)  May 2018 – Former CIA contractor Reynaldo Regis pleaded guilty to charges of unauthorized removal and retention of classified materials.  Reyes was sentenced to 90 days in jail. 9.)   June 2020 — Asia Janay Lavarello, a DOD employee, was found with numerous classified documents, writings, and notes relating to the national defense or foreign relations.  She plead guilty and was sentenced in February 2022 to three months in prison and a $5,500 fine. 10.)         January 2023 — Joe Biden, President of the United States, admitted to being in possession of classified material improperly stored at an office in the Penn Biden Center and at his personal residence in Delaware. Biden, who promised to have the most transparent administration in history, is refusing to work with the House Oversight Committee.  Charges TBD.”

Steube (R-FL-17) 01/16/2023: Tweet – “The new Republican majority is going to investigate Biden's botched Afghanistan withdrawal. It's imperative that those responsible for so much destruction are held accountable for their dereliction of duty! Link to video”

Tlaib (D-MI-12) 01/16/2023: Tweet – “This is devastating. Link to quoted tweetMursal Nabizada was a member of the Afghan parliament. She stayed in Afghanistan. She did not leave after the Taliban took over the country. MP Nabizada was shot dead in her home today. Afghanistan is hell on earth for women. (Link to twitter.com)”

Other - Middle East

Donalds (R-FL-19) 01/16/2023: Tweet – “Democrats DUMPED a 4,000 pg, $1.7T Omnibus bill on us at the LAST MINUTE It allocated $400M to secure the border for 7 countries in the Middle East & refused to allow a cent to be spent on our OWN border Yet @JoeBiden calls us “fiscally demented.” He sounds utterly ridiculous! Link to video”