Lee Zeldin
There are broad freedoms in Israel. In fact, Israel's Declaration of Independence grants all Israel's inhabitants equality of social and political rights irrespective of religion, race or gender.Collection: Equality
The rule of law is a republic. The rule of one person is a monarchy.
I call a spade a spade.
Anti-Semitism has no business infiltrating American politics, it has no business infiltrating our college campuses, and it has no business in the halls of Congress.
Literally, from the moment I wake up from the moment I go to sleep, I'm just working without distraction. It's just the way I'm wired.
Few professions are given as much power as we entrust to those who wear the uniform of a police officer. These individuals dedicate themselves to a calling in which threats that can materialize in an instant are part of the job description.
I stand squarely with our law enforcement officers who don bullet-resistant vests as part of their standard equipment and leave their home each day not knowing if they will return.
While bad cops should face the full consequence of the law, the overwhelming majority of good cops have earned our support.
President Obama is asking critics of the Iran nuclear deal what the alternative is other than war as if it's rhetorical question, but there is an answer: a better deal.
While it's important to be open-minded, we don't have to be naive. Although Iran claims they are developing nuclear capability only for peaceful purposes, it's most difficult to believe them when taking a step back to assess the big picture of Iran's threats and actions.
The beauty of our democracy is that the final authority is not the president of the United States, but instead the American public through their duly elected representatives in the United States Congress.
Just as Congress stands firmly against racism and other forms of prejudice, we must take action that loudly and clearly proclaims our resolve to combat anti-Semitism at home and around the world.
I went through kindergarten through 12th grade, college, law school and four years of active duty in the U.S. Army and I never once experienced anti-Semitism - until I came to the U.S. House of Representatives.
Contemporary anti-Semites claim they have nothing against Jews - they just hate the Jewish state.
The dawn of the 21st century marked the emergence of the social media age.
Social media serve as the propaganda machine of 21st century terror, and this is apparent in the Middle East.
Social media constitute the most powerful readily accessible communications weapon Hamas has in its arsenal.
It's unfathomable that Twitter would be so brazenly complacent, allowing Hamas to use its platform as a terror command and communications center of dangerous propaganda.
Israel is a beacon of hope, freedom and liberty surrounded by existential threats.
Under the guise of BDS, Jewish students on college campuses across the United States are being subjected to blatant anti-Semitism.
BDS attempts to use economic tools to boycott Israeli goods and services and punish individuals and entities supporting Israel. It attempts to use harassment and intimidation to turn Israel's supporters against the country.
The BDS movement attempts to undermine and destabilize Israel, our greatest ally in the Middle East.
The founder of the BDS movement is blatantly anti-Semitic.
The BDS movement goes way beyond any legitimate, reasonable criticism of a government.
When I made my first trip to Israel as a member of Congress, not only did I meet with the Israeli president and prime minister, but I also traveled to Ramallah to meet with the prime minister of the Palestinian Authority. That's what being a member of Congress is about.
For generations, the Jewish and African-American communities have stood together, helping each other overcome their greatest challenges and triumph in the face of sweeping discrimination, all while securing a brighter future for all of our children.
Israel is our greatest ally in the Middle East. And it's a relationship we should be strengthening, not weakening.
To be a leader, regardless of what party you're in, is to tell your followers what lines not to cross.
Even though I don't agree with Donald Trump on everything, and I think there may be certain things or statements of his that I may disagree with, he is a better candidate by far than Hillary Clinton.
Our relations - the United States and Canada, that trade relationship is vitally important. There's a long history.
So there are 535 members of Congress. Many of us want what's best for the American worker and the American economy. Others want what is best in their goals to take down President Trump.
With regards to American foreign policy all across the globe, it is important for us to be operating from positions of strength, and not to just concede that.
A more stable, stabilized Mideast, that's a humanitarian victory.
The people who are fleeing Syria, they're the ones who need to run the country there long-term.
A lot of the Democratic base believes that it's the right the to do to bring as many of these refugees in as possible for - there are many members of the Democratic Party who may think that tens of thousands are not enough, and we're not doing our part until we bring in even more.
So, I represent the 1st Congressional District of New York. It's on the east end of Long Island. This is Suffolk County.
So, all levels of government should be working on tax relief. That's important.
I look at the idea of eliminating the state and local tax deduction as a geographic redistribution of wealth, because you're taking money from a place like New York to provide deeper tax cuts elsewhere.
I know if that I'm not fighting for my home state, my home district, that other members who are out there fighting for their state, their district, they're not going to fight for New York for me.
United States naturalization is a privilege not a right, and those who have had this privilege bestowed upon them must respect and uphold the laws of our land.
Every level of government has a role to play in combating the rise of MS-13 and other gangs, and we must crack down on the aspects of our nation's broken immigration system and other policies that have allowed MS-13 and other gangs to take hold in our communities and stay there.
I'm sure that I'd be able to find a lot to disagree on with Eliot Engel.
It's been an honor to wear our nation's uniform.
I have dedicated half my life to military service.
I don't know if there's ever been a budget that anyone has been 100 percent happy with.
The largest humanitarian victory we can deliver is by wiping ISIS off the face of the earth.
The Obama administration sought to appease the Iranians at any and all cost.
You can't live in the Bronx and survive on just $80,000 or so of income, if you're married and you have three kids at home.
I don't consider myself to be a Pete King Republican or a Ted Cruz Republican or a John Boehner Republican, or a Tea Party Republican.
I am my own man.