I am a New York Representative whose district is about 10 miles from the World Trade Center, and I lost many friends and constituents in that horrendous attack. Many years ago, President Roosevelt stood right here in this Chamber and…

I am sponsoring the Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act with my friend, Congressman Steve Stivers.

I urge Members on both sides of the aisle to support this commonsense, bipartisan legislation.

I have high hopes that we will pass the bill and pass it on the floor and hopefully get it passed in the other body and have the President sign it into law.

Thank you for holding this very, very important hearing.

Let me first of all thank our ranking member on the Foreign Affairs Committee, Mr. McCaul of Texas, for working with me closely to bring this bipartisan piece of legislation forward. Mr. Speaker, one of our top priorities on the Foreign…

For purposes of closing. Mr. Speaker, once again, let me thank the gentleman from Texas (Mr. McCaul), my friend and partner, for his partnership. This legislation really does represent the product of close bipartisan work on this committee…

I thank the gentleman from Texas (Mr. McCaul) for his kind words and his hard work. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Virginia (Ms. Spanberger), a valued member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume to close. I just want to say, as I said at the beginning, how proud I am to work with Chairman Engel, to draft this critical and overdue…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the United States-Israel Cooperation Enhancement and Regional Security Act. I want to start by thanking Mr. Deutch and Mr. Wilson for their extraordinary…

For the purpose of closing. The United States-Israel Cooperation Enhancement and Regional Security Act is an excellent bipartisan bill designed to further strengthen the relationship between Israel and the United States, give American…

I ask unanimous consent that all Members have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include in the Record extraneous material on H.R. 1850. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the…

This is a strong bipartisan bill that advances the U.S.-Israel relationship. I, again, want to thank Representatives Deutch and Wilson for their leadership, as well as all the other Members who contributed to this fine piece of…

I have no other speakers, and I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, I again want to thank Ms. Bass and Mr. Smith for their hard work. Again, as I mentioned before, Mr. Smith is always working very, very hard to be on the side…

For purposes of closing. Mr. Speaker, let me again thank our ranking member, Mr. McCaul of Texas, and our colleagues who worked so hard on this good, bipartisan measure. I want to thank Mr. Mast, for whom I have enormous respect, and I…

Again, Mr. Speaker, let me say that I certainly respect my colleagues on the other side of the aisle for the points they have raised. We have similar concerns, but I think the way we handle it or the way we have proposed to handle it is a…

May I ask how much time I have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from New York has 1 minute remaining.

I agree with the longstanding bipartisan consensus with Presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama that a two-State solution is the best way to solve the dispute.

The ability to arrive at a two-State solution still seems to be very, very difficult.

If we are going to get into listing the preconditions that should be necessary, the most important preconditions that aren't included but should be: one is recognizing Israel's right to exist as a Jewish State; two, ensuring a…

We need to do far, far more.

For decades, both Republican and Democratic administrations have sought to play a proactive role in advancing a two-State solution.

If you meddle with an American election from overseas, there are going to be consequences.

You can be a neutral arbiter without sacrificing being an honest broker.

If you remember, Secretary Kerry gave a speech. It was about 90 minutes or so long and he was lecturing Israel on everything in his mind that he believed that they were doing wrong.