[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 5]
[House]
[Pages 6017-6018]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                 ISRAEL

  (Mr. QUIGLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

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  Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Speaker, 62 years ago, Israel declared its 
independence and established a nation founded on the principles of 
justice, freedom, and peace. These founding tenets are not unlike those 
on which the United States was built, and these mutual beliefs spurred 
a resilient relationship between Israel and the U.S., a friendship of 
six decades which remains strong today.
  The United States was the first Nation to recognize Israel, and with 
that recognition came a promise, a promise to help ensure Israel's 
security, a promise to stand behind the only democracy in the Middle 
East, and a promise to always uphold Israel's right to exist. On this 
anniversary let us celebrate, as the Israeli folk song goes, Am Yisrael 
Chai--the people of Israel live--and may they have the land of Israel 
to call home today, tomorrow, and always.

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