“Israel is our strongest ally in the Middle East, and we need to be standing with them. And when you look at the actions that what I call the New Axis of Evil – Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea – take, you have to think about where they're going to move and what they're going to do. And Iran is teamed up with Hamas [from] what we are hearing.

“We know that when we had President Trump that he cut aid to Palestine. President Biden chose to re-up that aid, even surpassing the amounts they had had before. And for Congress, it is going to be important to realize that a strong defense helps the United States protect ourselves.

“It also helps our allies and making certain that people who are our allies know that they are our allies and we're going to be true to our word and we're going to stand with them is something that is important. And our adversaries need to fear us, and we need to be true to that.”

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