[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 111 (Wednesday, July 16, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H6312]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 ISRAEL

  (Mrs. McMORRIS RODGERS asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. McMORRIS RODGERS. Mr. Speaker, it is with full and unwavering 
support that I stand beside our greatest friend and ally in the Middle 
East, the State of Israel.
  We condemn the violent terrorist attacks that have been executed in 
the name of jihad, and the resolution we passed in the House reaffirms 
Israel's right to defend herself.
  When 5 million innocent Israelis wake up every morning to the threat 
of deadly rocket attacks, they have the right to protect themselves.
  When Hamas, a terrorist organization that has fired more than 600 
rockets from Gaza in the last month alone, calls for the destruction of 
the State of Israel, the people have the right to respond.
  This Congress will stand beside them as they do.
  Our resolution reaffirms Israel's right to defend herself, and it 
calls on Hamas to immediately cease its deadly rocket attacks.
  We must come together as a Congress and as a country to condemn the 
terrorist attacks against the people of Israel. Furthermore, we urge 
this administration, as it moves forward in its nuclear negotiations 
with Iran, to take a somber look at Iran's support of Hamas.

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