[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 21537]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERY--CITY OF DAVID, JERUSALEM

  (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, for quite some time there has been an 
effort at the U.N. to delegitimize the Jewish State of Israel and to 
try to whitewash the Jewish people's historical and biblical connection 
to Israel.
  Denying the historical connection of the people to Jerusalem is 
false, and amazing archaeological discoveries are frequently made that 
prove the roots of the Jewish people are in Israel.
  Earlier this month a Hebrew University archaeological team unearthed 
an unprecedented impression of a royal seal of King Hezekiah from the 
First Temple period. This marks the first time that a seal impression 
of an Israelite or Judean king has ever been discovered, and it proves 
that not only is Israel the religious center for Jews, but it is their 
ancestral and historic homeland.
  I want to thank the Ir David Foundation's Director of International 
Affairs, Ze'ev Orenstein, for sharing this and many other amazing 
discoveries with me. I look forward to visiting the city of David in 
the near future to see firsthand the rich history of the Jewish people.

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