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




                 THE LONE STAR STATE OF THE MIDDLE EAST

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the nation of Israel is surrounded by 
some mean, aggressive neighbors that want Israel destroyed. The leader 
of the pack of jackals is Iran. The Supreme Leader of Iran has made it 
clear he wants the Jewish state to vanish into the sands of time.
  Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel will be here tomorrow to speak to 
Congress on the serious plight that Israel faces from our mutual enemy, 
Iran. The White House is snubbing the head of state because Congress 
supposedly violated protocol with the invite.
  Meanwhile, the White House is blissfully working on a backroom deal 
with Iran regarding their nuclear weapon program, a deal that will end 
up to be good for Iran, with a short pause in work on its nuclear 
enrichment.
  Mr. Speaker, Israel is the lone star state in the Middle East for 
freedom. So on this Texas Independence Day and on behalf of the people 
of the State of Texas, the Lone Star State, I want to welcome Prime 
Minister Netanyahu to speak candidly and openly about the true threat 
from the jackal of the desert, Iran.
  And that is just the way it is.

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