A group of senior House Democrats held a meeting on Wednesday with family members of hostages who were abducted by Hamas during an assault on October 7. The meeting was attended by Democratic Reps. Jamie Raskin, Jim Clyburn, Rosa DeLauro, Jim McGovern, Mark Takano, Sara Jacobs, Barbara Lee, and others.
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was also present at the meeting. She read a poem titled “I Have No Other Country” and expressed gratitude to the families for their unwavering advocacy for the release of the hostages.
During the meeting, three family members of the hostages addressed the attendees. They all made heartfelt pleas to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to negotiate a deal with Hamas that would lead to the safe release of the hostages.
