[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. GOHMERT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, following my friend from Mississippi, it is 
important that we recognize that it is not just a person coming 
tomorrow to speak to us, it is the leader of Israel, our best friend in 
the Middle East.
  You think I like to come here and get lectured about the Citizens 
United case by a guy that doesn't understand that case? You think I 
enjoy coming over here and being told, You pass my American Jobs Act 
right now, when he didn't even have one for a couple of weeks?
  Of course not--I come and listen to the President because of the 
respect for the position. This is a dangerous precedent some are 
thinking about starting tomorrow: Well, I am just not going to show up 
because I don't like the man that is leading Israel.
  They are our ally, and if you want people to stop showing up for 
others like the President, then start that tradition.
  It is a wrong move. Let's pay respect to our best friend's leader in 
the Middle East.

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