[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 81 (Thursday, May 17, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H4149]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 HISTORIC EMBASSY OPENING IN JERUSALEM

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, this weekend, I was 
grateful to lead nine of our colleagues in the House of Representatives 
on a congressional delegation to Jerusalem for the opening of the U.S. 
Embassy with Ambassador David Friedman, Ivanka Trump, and Jared 
Kushner.
  I was joined by Representatives Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida, Ron 
DeSantis of Florida, Jody Hice of Georgia, George Holding of North 
Carolina, Steve Knight of California,  Tom Rice of South Carolina, 
Dennis Ross of Florida, Scott Taylor of Virginia, and Lee Zeldin of New 
York.
  I appreciate Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry for 
authorizing the delegation.
  We had the opportunity to meet with members of the Knesset, the 
Israeli parliament, and I was especially grateful, as a senior member 
of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, to meet with the Knesset 
Foreign Affairs Chairman Avi Dichter.
  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed us to his office and 
confirmed our shared heritage. We must work together to stop Hamas 
terrorist attacks using human shields financed by Iran.
  With President Donald Trump, the American-Israeli alliance has never 
been stronger to protect American families.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September the 11th in the global war on terrorism.

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