[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 1179]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




     PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU, IRAN, AND THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS

  (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I support Speaker Boehner's invitation 
to Prime Minister Netanyahu to address this body to discuss the Iranian 
threat and the growing instability in the Middle East due to the rise 
of global jihadist networks.
  A nuclear-capable Iran will spark an arms race in the region and 
directly threaten America's interests as Iran continues to make 
progress on its intercontinental ballistic missile program. But as 
grave as this threat is to America, it pales in comparison to the 
existential threat that it poses to our democratic ally, the Jewish 
State of Israel.
  No other nation is more familiar with the Iranian threat and the 
pitfalls of our ongoing nuclear negotiations than Israel, and that is 
why it is imperative that we hear firsthand from Prime Minister 
Netanyahu on Israel's assessment of Iran's nuclear program and other 
terrorist threats that are emanating from the Middle East.
  Thank you, Speaker Boehner, for that invitation.

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