the lethal aid that joe bidenah. said he wanted to provide biden objectively favors a hamas victory over israel. it's just that simple, end of quote. which sounds rather amusing, given the fact that for the last 40 years, there's probably been nobody here in washington, d.c., more strongly supportive of israel than joe biden as a senator and a president. we all know that president biden has been very clear about his opposition to an attack on rafah for many, many months, and for good reason. an offensive -- a major military offensive in rafah would worsen an already horrendous humanitarian catastrophe in gaza. and, mr. president, i am not quite sure -- i know a little bit about politics, but i'm not quite sure who my republican colleagues think they are speaking for when they attack the president. the truth of the matter is that the american people -- republicans, democrats, independents, progressives, conservatives, moderates -- are increasingly sick and tired of the massive destruction that is now taking place in g