mr. calvert: -- the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. calvert: mr. speaker, i rise today in support of this act. this bill reverses president biden's misguided attempts to withhold vital security assistance to israel as they fight to defend the citizens from terrorists. just last week we observed holocaust remembrance day. commemorating the six million jews who were murdered by nazi germany. the memory of those lives horrifically taken endures 80 years since the end of the holocaust. a plaque at auschwitz states, those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. mr. speaker, we can never forget. on october 7, 2023, hamas terrorists launched a massive, unprovoked war on israel. killing 1,200 innocent people, taking 240 hostages, including american citizens. it was the worst attack on the jewish people since the holocaust. israeli people are still reeling from the barbaric attacks on that day. unable to begin healing while still separated from their loved ones taken hostage and determined to ensure no further innocent israeli lives are tak