[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3069]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              WELCOMING PRIME MINISTER BINYAMIN NETANYAHU

  (Mr. PALAZZO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PALAZZO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to welcome our friend and ally 
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to the United States of 
America.
  Tomorrow, the Prime Minister will address this Chamber as a head of 
state. Some are protesting and will not attend. This is shortsighted 
and, frankly, disheartening. We have no greater ally in the Middle East 
than Israel, and Israel's very existence is being threatened by its 
neighbors in the region.
  Words like ``total destruction'' are being thrown around by its 
enemies. Iran marches towards a nuclear bomb; yet we do nothing, we say 
nothing. Sure, we negotiate, but we don't lead.
  Mr. Speaker, the President needs to step forward and lead, tell the 
world that we will do what it takes to protect our Israeli friends, as 
we have done for over 70 years.
  Prime Minister Netanyahu, welcome to the United States. I look 
forward to your remarks tomorrow and to our nations' continued 
friendship, as do the majority of Americans.

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