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supporting c-span as a public service along with these other providers giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> on the senate floor the minority leader mitch mcconnell and senator john cornyn condemned the biden administration for withholding weapons applies to israel saying the president seems confused who to be supporting. it would lead to anything in the region. this is about 20 minutes. >> i'd like to begin my remarks today with a quote.

the idea we would cut off military aid to an ally, our only real true ally in the region.'s preposterous. beyond my comprehension. unfortunately today, he is doing the complete opposite. president and his. against the savage terrorists and refusing to answer basic questions about it.

last week the speaker of the house and i asked the general to provide the information, but the plastic. the secretary of state to spend the weekend. the administration is under immense pressure on the left it's evident to be more aggressive with the israelis and

they demanded. quote, one penny to support the ally unless use israel yields to what is acceptable in self-defense. and of course the intelligence committee held a hearing tomorrow about thent interferene in our politics and elections yet tooic many of our colleagues can't seem to resist the temptation to put their fingers in the electoral scales of other democracies for far too many democrats have indulged what i call the derangement syndrome an absurd trope like setting a

dangerous precedent. some of our colleagues talk about an israeli government with the far right forces. the government literally does not exist. israel is led by a coalition of the national unity government ndand the cabinet that includes members of multiple political parties as distinguished by the absence of the most conservative members of the coalition. the support for the military operations in gaza and again hezbollah and lebanon transcends the israeli politics. but here in washington democrats want to pretend what they are objecting to is merely the will of a prime minister they don't like. some of the most senior

colleagues just this weekend even demonstrated political blame within israel with a failure to prevent the october 7 attacks. that will be the job for the people of israel. let's make one thing absolutely clear if the biden administration continues to impede allies progress towards this goal, they share the blame for the success and it will come to rest right here in washington. t of course there's already plenty of blame to go around.

among the western institutions that have fallen into predictable patterns. they rush to fit the deadliest attack on jews since the holocaust. to the prominent international organizations that continue to legitimize outright they finally admitted that the triggers on the palestinian casualties. as a spokesman put it it's difficult to come up with the

numbers. nocu kidding. it's especially difficult to get the data when you rely on specific. the un backtracked yesterday and resumed taking the hamas administrative health in gaza and its word. but remember the un's affiliation to terrorists isn't to stay together. employers of the -- by don't we talk about the facts.

in the last nine days the terrorists controlling southern gaza have attacked a major injury part for humanitarian aid from israel. the inefficient and costly floating peer won't be an accident either. the true obstacle to peace and stability for the peoplepe o gaza. it is showing us precisely what it can play inhe no small part n the future and a true ally woud give the time, speed and support its needed to eliminate the terrorist s threat.

does the biden administration expect hamas to capitulate better negotiated the tables when the conditions on israel. it isn't that we can't intercept them, but the lessons we still have. for the capacity areas.

it threatens what your mom and all of our adversaries hold dear. with hesitation today the united states is effectively allowed itself to be deterred into the world is taking note. the credibility is not divisible. our failure