Howard Berman

should the Palestinians pursue their unilateralist course, the hundreds of millions of dollars in annual assistance that we have given them in recent years will likely be terminated.

I would appeal to our European friends, and to all nations, not to support a resolution with such calamitous potential.

A total suspension of assistance would certainly be warranted if the PA took a premeditated turn toward a third intifada.

I think the group that stands to gain the most from a cut-off of U.S. aid to the PA would be Hamas.

I strongly believe that the Palestinian leadership's U.N. approach is wrongheaded and contrary to long-standing Palestinian commitments.

In an area as unstable as the Middle East, where there is not now and never has been any tradition of democratic government, it is important for the long-range security of our country, and indeed the world, that a nation committed to the…

Part of what we are talking about is not--Dr. Schanzer makes some very interesting suggestions regarding restructuring.

U.S. aid has contributed significantly to many positive developments in the West Bank: Economic growth, institution-building, progress in governance and improved security for the Palestinians and Israel.

I simply ask the House to pass what is I think an important bill because we only have to read what is going on recently to understand this is a rapidly increasing and severe problem that affects those countries deeply in terms of the…

I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Illinois (Ms. Schakowsky), who both here and abroad fights against persecution and discrimination against religious minorities.

I am very pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Eshoo), who brought this bill to my attention and has worked with the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Wolf) to put it together and bring it to this point. She is…

I thank the gentleman. I yield back the balance of my time. Amendment No. 64 Offered by Mr. Michaud

I rise to engage Mr. Dicks in a colloquy regarding an important area of funding for the Department of Defense. For more than a decade, the Department of Defense has funded programs to support established university programs that promote…

I think there is a pretty clear chain of evidence that suggests that the bulk of the proceeds from smuggling...end up actually being funneled back to the organization in the Middle East.

I am pleased to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Texas, a former member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Mr. Green.

I am very pleased to yield 1 minute to the distinguished member of our committee, the ranking member of the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Engel).

There are two important issues raised by this one resolution. One seems a little more distant than it did at the time it was introduced, and that was the possibility of a unity government that included an organization that is on our…

I will be the only speaker to speak from our side on this resolution, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of this legislation. On December 19 of last year, Belarus' President, Alexander…

I am pleased to yield 1 minute to a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy).

I am very pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentlelady from Florida (Ms. Wasserman Schultz).

I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the minority whip, the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer).

May I ask for the time remaining on each side. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from California has 9 minutes remaining, and the gentlelady from Florida has 3\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I am pleased to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Florida, a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Mr. Deutch.

I am very pleased to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Nadler).

I rise in strong support of H. Res. 268, the Cantor-Hoyer resolution, and I yield myself 4 minutes. Madam Speaker, I believe negotiations are the only path to a two- state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. For this reason, the…