Gentleman from texas, mr. Castro. Mr. Castro madam chair, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and tend their remarks the speaker pro tempore without objection, so ordered. Mr. Castro i yammings. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman virginia tech. Mr. Castro i rise in support of the uighur forced labor prevention act. The human rights atrocities, the Chinese Government is perpetuating are now wellknown. More than a million uighurs and muslims, ethnic north have been thrown into detention camps where they face torture, brainwashing, sexual abuse, and even forced sterilization. These atrocities are horrific, and the congress has acted to hold perpetrators of these crimes accountable by passing the uighur human rights policy act. We must not stop there. The legislation we are considering today focuses on a specific form of abuse. Forced labor, an abuse of human rights, which also has grave implications for supply chains and consumers worldwide
[indiscernible conversations] good evening. Im josh from new jersey. I just want to thank Deborah Wassermann Schultz for organizing and the leader Hakeem Jeffries for his phenomenal words and efforts for bringing us together this evening and katherine and our entire Leadership Team and everyone on both sides of the isle to remember those who lost their lives and, including Many Americans and to pray for the hostages and the missing. Id now like to turn it over to debbie. Debbie thanks you, josh. Thank you for your leadership. Thank you, leader jeffries, and really all our colleagues, republican and democratic alike. I cant tell you the short period of time that it took to bring this many members together. For me as a member of congress, as a jew, as a zionist, as a human being, this moment of us coming together, whether its the disorganization and disunity in israel prior to this point or here in our country, when israel and the United States need one another, its moments like this whe
Law on cspan, cspan now, our free mobile video app, or online at cspan. Org. Also, scan the qr code to listen to our companion podcast where you can learn more about the authors of the books featured. On the steps of the u. S. Capitol, democrats and republicans gather in solidarity for a vigil to honor the people of israel following the deadly hamas attacks. Among the dead are 27 americans with an additional 14 still unaccounted for. This is about 10 minutes. Good evening. Im josh from new jersey. I just want to thank Deborah Wassermann Schultz for organizing and the leader Hakeem Jeffries for his phenomenal words and efforts for bringing us together this evening and katherine and our entire Leadership Team and everyone on both sides of the isle to remember those who lost their lives and, including Many Americans and to pray for the hostages and the missing. Id now like to turn it over to debbie. Debbie thanks you, josh. Thank you for your leadership. Thank you, leader jeffries, and re
[indiscernible conversations] good evening. Im josh from new jersey. I just want to thank Deborah Wassermann Schultz for organizing and the leader Hakeem Jeffries for his phenomenal words and efforts for bringing us together this evening and katherine and our entire Leadership Team and everyone on both sides of the isle to remember those who lost their lives and, including Many Americans and to pray for the hostages and the missing. Id now like to turn it over to debbie. Debbie thanks you, josh. Thank you for your leadership. Thank you, leader jeffries, and really all our colleagues, republican and democratic alike. I cant tell you the short period of time that it took to bring this many members together. For me as a member of congress, as a jew, as a zionist, as a human being, this moment of us coming together, whether its the disorganization and disunity in israel prior to this point or here in our country, when israel and the United States need one another, its moments like this whe
Katherine, and everyone on both shrills for joining us and remembering those who lost their lives including Many Americans and pray for the hostages and the missing. Americans and to pre hostages and the missing. Id now like to turn it over to debbie. Debbie thanks you, josh. Thank you for your leadership. Thank you, leader jeffries, and really all our colleagues, republican and democratic alike. I cant tell you the short period of time that it took to bring this many members together. For me as a member of congress, as a jew, as a zionist, as a human being, this moment of us coming together, whether its the disorganization and disunity in israel prior to this point or here in our country, when israel and the United States need one another, its moments like this where we step up and it is actions that matter so much more than words. Thank you to our colleagues and wed like to recognize chap kibbens to give our prayer and a ask for a moment of silence. Chaplain kibbens you see in a mome