WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Rand Paul today took to the Senate floor to ask for unanimous consent to pass the Stand with Israel Act. The legislation, S.2265, was introduced on April 29, 2014 and Sen. Paul asked consent of the Senate to pass the legislation on May 1, 2014. The purpose of this bill is to cut off the flow of U.S. taxpayer dollars to the Palestinian Authority if it is allied with Hamas-the same Hamas that murdered two Israeli teenagers and one dual U.S.- Israeli teenager last week. Below is the transcript and video of Sen. Paul’s floor speech.
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TRANSCRIPT:
Sen. Paul: I don’t believe that foreign aid should go to countries that persecute Christians. I also don’t believe that foreign aid should go to countries that host terrorists within their government. I’ve had this belief for some time, but I’ve met with a great deal of resistance in the Senate.
Last week in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, I introduced an amendment that said that any country that persecutes Christians by law — Pakistan has a Christian woman, Asia Bibi. She’s on death row for the crime some blasphemy. Others say she never said a word. She’s really in prison for being a Christian. She’s been there for five years. I say Pakistan shouldn’t get taxpayer money and that no taxpayer money should go to countries that are persecuting Christians.
In the Sudan, another country that receives money from the American taxpayer, Miriam abrihim. She married a man who was a Christian. She tried to escape recently and she was re-detained. The only thing that’s consistent about foreign aid is that it continues to flow, regardless of restrictions, regardless of window dressing to say, oh, if a country does this, we’ll take it back. It never happens.
Your foreign aid, your hard-earned American tax dollars continue to flow to these countries no matter what their behavior is. So two weeks ago, I came to the floor and I said, you know what in Israel, Hamas is now joining with the Palestinian Authority. Hamas is a terrorist group that does not recognize Israel and attacks Israel on a routine basis. Now that they will be part of a unity government, they will be receiving foreign aid from America. And so I said, for goodness sakes, …read more
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