Others in the crowd had painted their hands red to represent blood and held them up during the hearing.
I appreciate that people feel passionately about these issues.
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Blinken was interrupted again by another demonstrator, and then by a larger group.
Protesters raise their painted hands as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin testify during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing to examine the national security supplemental request, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on October 31, 2023. Blinken and Austin are testifying for a $105 billion request to support Israel, Ukraine and other security priorities.Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images
Some of the members screamed ceasefire now and all the walls have got to go.
Blinken paused and listened but did not appear to look back at the demonstrators as they shouted.
The Biden administration and Senate Democrats quickly bashed the proposal, as they want to see a standalone bill.
They also see a precedent in requiring budget offsets for emergency funding.
And thats not tolerable.
No nation would tolerate it.
