"He has shamefully been unwilling to allow humanitarian services in at the scale needed.”
Iran is "actively enabling Russia's war in Ukraine and its attacks against Ukrainian cities," deputy press secretary and senior communications adviser Andrew Bates said.
Rep. Rashida Tlaib references sexual violence committed against Palestinians by the IDF, while failing to condemn Hamas's atrocities and sexual violence perpetrated against Israelis on October 7.
The impeachment of Mayorkas, who is Jewish, passed Tuesday on party lines by a vote of 214-213, with three Republicans breaking ranks.
The vote — in a swing district spanning Queens and Long Island that flipped Republican in 2022 after a decade in Democratic hands — is drawing national attention ahead of the November election.
The Republican-majority House passed an Israel-only bill in November, but it was never taken up in the Democratic-led Senate.
The “unnecessary” bill, Tlaib said, is “just another GOP messaging bill being used to incite anti-Arab, anti-Palestinian, and anti-Muslim hatred that makes communities like ours unsafe.”
It was further highlighted in the Knesset that the goal of the delegation is to establish diplomatic relations with lawmakers and policy-makers in the United States in support of the goals of war.
Pelosi's comments marked the first time a prominent US lawmaker has accused Russia's leader of backing US protesters calling for a ceasefire.
"We have good news for America. There will not be a shutdown on Friday," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, said on the Senate floor just before the vote in that chamber.
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