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.

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.

There will be no recognition of Palestinian statehood by the Security Council, where I am certain the Obama administration would use its veto.

Negotiations are the only path to a lasting two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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

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

I do not support the Palestinian appeal to the United Nations.

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 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 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 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…