Howard Berman: “I'm certain Representative Bass will continue to focus on many of the issues that were important to Don.”

I have no further requests for time and simply need time to close.

If we are going to want to make sure that our diplomats are secure, then we have to pony up the money.

By choosing not to go forward with a ground operation he saved countless Israeli and Palestinian lives.

I would like to offer a few observations regarding the recent fighting and regarding the Palestinians' profoundly regrettable effort to achieve statehood recognition through a U.N. vote rather than through direct negotiations with its…