Ted Deutch: “I thank my friend from Pennsylvania, and I greatly appreciate the chairman for his unanimous consent request. I want to…”

“I thank my friend from Pennsylvania, and I greatly appreciate the chairman for his unanimous consent request. I want to thank Chairman Ros-Lehtinen for her tremendous leadership in helping advance H.R. 2646, the United States Jordan Defense Cooperation Extension Act. This bill is important because our partnership with Jordan is important, and I want to quickly explain why my constituents back home believe that this is important. Those good-news headlines that we have read about, U.S. military success against ISIS, are, in part, thanks to Jordan. Jordan is a key partner in the international coalition to defeat ISIS and has fought airstrikes right alongside us. Just last week, the U.S. finished delivery of Black Hawk helicopters to Amman that are used to take terrorists off the battlefield, helping to keep both our nations safer. The bill before us today ensures that Jordan continues to get this critical military assistance, but it does more than that. It also ensures that Jordan gets the economic support it needs to care for over 1 million Syrian refugees now living in Jordan as a result of the war next door. This influx has taken a huge toll on Jordan's resources. Today, we are helping ease that burden with emergency services, education, and access to clean water.…”