“We are having this debate because of the language of one of our colleagues — language that suggests that Jews like me who serve in the United States Congress and whose father earned a Purple Heart fighting the Nazis in the Battle of the Bulge, that we are not loyal Americans. Why are we unable to singularly condemn anti-Semitism?” Rep. Ted Deutch (D-Fla.) said on the House floor before the text was released.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 07, 2019 16:28 UTC