[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 6, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H487]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              NEED FOR ISRAEL SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Madam Speaker, I rise before the House tonight in 
support of the Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act.
  Israel has been our longtime ally, and they need us more than ever at 
this point with the unwarranted, unprovoked attacks that happened on 
October 7 to many, many innocent people by the terrorist group Hamas 
and others that they are surrounded by in their country.
  Israel has been under attack since the first moment of its existence 
in the 1940s, and even going back a millennia.
  Israel is a fantastic partner in developing new technologies, 
improved medical technology, improved medicines, improved drip 
irrigation, and improved missile defense systems. They are a great 
partner with us and, indeed, a shining beacon in the Middle East as a 
representative republic unlike any other there.
  Even Arab Israelis would rather live in Israel than in some of those 
other places because they know it is good, right, and just.
  It is our obligation--indeed, it is our privilege--to stand with 
Israel as an ally in their time of great need.
  Madam Speaker, we need to get over ourselves a little bit around here 
and step forward and get this work done.

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