Rick Scott to push for passage of ‘Stop Taxpayer Funding of Hamas Act’

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Florida Republican Sen. Rick Scott promised to push for the “unanimous passage” of his Stop Taxpayer Funding of Hamas Act.

“As soon as the Senate returns to Washington, I’ll be asking for the unanimous passage of my Stop Taxpayer Funding of Hamas Act,” he said Sunday after full-scale war broke out between Israel and Hamas after the latter launched attacks on Israeli civilians.

The bill would bar taxpayer funds from going into “the territory of Gaza,” per Scott’s office, until the president certifies to a committee that the funds can be spent without benefiting any group or persons “who are members of Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or any other terrorist organization.”

It also cracks down on funds benefiting those who are “controlled or influenced by Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or any other terrorist organization.”