[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 22815]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                EXPRESSING HEARTFELT SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL

  (Mrs. MALONEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, I returned from Israel this summer 
inspired by its ability to resist terror. On September 11, Americans 
learned what it was like to lose friends and neighbors to fanatics on a 
suicide mission. Israel has been living with terror, and during this 
trip we got a glimpse of their daily reality.
  A day after our visit to the border between Israel and Lebanon, a 
missile killed a 16-year-old boy near where we had been. When we toured 
Hadassah Hospital, we met with a doctor who had stayed up all night 
saving a woman's life. She had been struck by a sniper's bullet. Both 
attacks came during the so-called cease-fire, a time no one was 
supposed to die.
  We have a lot to learn from Israel about improving communication, 
coordination and intelligence. After 9/11 we were supposed to have a 
governmentwide database on terrorism. Two years later, there are nine 
Federal agencies maintaining 12 different lists of terrorist 
organizations.
  Israel is our greatest ally in the Middle East. It deserves our 
heartfelt support.

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