Howard Berman: “I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to my friend from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer).”

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…

I think this kind of 'gotcha politics,' the American people are really turned off by.

May I inquire as to how much time both sides have. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from California has 6\3/4\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Indiana has 4\1/2\ minutes remaining.

We must do our best to minimize the risks faced by these brave public servants and provide adequate funding to do so, but we must also recognize that such risks can never be completely eliminated.