disgusting words applied to me to silence me because people don t want me to have that conversation about the war, about groceries, about inflation, about the war on the middle class in this country that we need to be having. and by the way, i want to say this while i m on the record. that in my entire life, why i m under oath, in my entire life i have never uttered a phrase that was either racist or anti-semitic. i have spent my life fighting my professional career fighting for israel, the protection of israel. i have a better record on israel than anybody in this chamber today. i m the only person who has publicly objected to the $2 billion pay-out that the biden administration is now making to iran, which is a genocidal
i have spent my life fighting my professional career fighting for israel. but the ceo of the american jewish committee called his prior remarks deeply offensive and incredibly dangerous. kennedy repeatedly claim he didn t say things that are, in fact, on camera. i ve never been anti-vaccine everybody in the room probably believes i have been. i have never told the public avoid vaccination. reporter: but kennedy has attacked safe vaccines. including the covid-19 vaccine and promoted false claims like childhood vaccines can lead to autism. even saying this on a 2021 podcast. you seen somebody on a hiking trail carrying a little baby and i said, better not get him vaccinated. reporter: another key driver for the gop led hearing is to call out what they deem was
i was censored and not just by the democratic administration. i was censored by the trump administration. democrats accused republican leadership of giving kennedy s dangerous rhetoric a platform in congress. that s not just supporting free speech. they have co-signed on idiotic, bigoted messaging. it s a conscious choice. regarding kennedy s blatant lies where he said covid-19 is targeted to attack caucasians and plblack people. the people most immune are ashkenazi jews. i am under oath and my entire life i have never uttered a phrase that was either racist or anti-semitic. i have spent my life fighting my professional career fighting for israel. kennedy repeatedly claimed he