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“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I thank my good friend from Florida, Ranking Member Deutch, for authoring this resolution and bringing it to the floor today. Hezbollah has a single leadership, fungible finances, and a single hostile mission. All branches and operations serve its terrorist activities, and it is a deadly mistake to attempt to distinguish among its arms. I again want to thank Mr. Deutch, Chairman Royce, Ranking Member Engel for their work on this important resolution, which calls for our European allies to designate all branches of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. This is a critical step that our partners across the Atlantic must take to protect our citizens and allies from a highly organized, capable, and increasingly battle-trained terror group that operates networks in countries around the world. We must work together to deprive this organization of its support. I, therefore, urge my colleagues to join me in support of this resolution. I thank the gentleman from Florida for his authorship. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Chabot), the chairman of the House Committee on Small Business and a senior member of our Committee on Foreign Affairs.”