Jerry Nadler: “But secondly, I think in commenting on the distinguished chairman's point of order and on the remarks he made in making…”

“But secondly, I think in commenting on the distinguished chairman's point of order and on the remarks he made in making that point of order, I think that now with the peace talks about to begin hopefully in the Middle East, it is precisely the time when this is not inappropriate but is very appropriate because we know, we know from the Camp David experience, that at the end of the day when everything else is agreed upon someone is going to raise the issue of the so-called right of return of these refugees to Israel and that we had better have dealt with that and have started to solve that problem if we expect a successful conclusion later. I think the biggest mistake we have all made in the last probably 20 years of seeking peace in the Middle East is trying to put off this problem to the end hoping it will go away. We must deal with it before the last moment, and that is the purpose of this amendment.”