[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6073]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     THE ADMINISTRATION AND ISRAEL

  (Mr. ROGERS of Alabama asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express my 
serious concern about the way the administration is dealing with Israel 
and how destructive I think their behavior is to our relationship.
  I would like to remind the administration that the overwhelming 
majority of the Members of Congress, Democrat and Republican, but more 
importantly the overwhelming majority of Americans, fiercely support 
our friend Israel and expect the administration to reflect that in 
their behavior.
  We have had this President go to Saudi Arabia and to Egypt to 
reemphasize how important it is to improve relations with the Muslim 
nations. He didn't visit Israel while he was over there to emphasize 
how important it was to keep and maintain support for our relationship 
with that Jewish State.
  We have had Vice President Biden go there and condemn the 
construction of apartments in Jerusalem. Secretary Clinton did the same 
thing. Vice President Biden was an hour and a half late for a dinner 
with the Prime Minister. How disrespectful. When President Obama met 
with Netanyahu in the White House and had dinner with him, he walked 
out on that dinner. How disrespectful.
  We expect more from our President when it comes to dealing with 
Israel than just disrespect. We expect a reemphasis of our support for 
Israel.

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