On the recordMay 22, 2002
I do it out of principle and I do it in all good faith, not to be critical of the Committee on Rules, not to be critical of their goals, but to express some concerns that I have that I think are very important, and that is aid to Israel. For Israel in this bill, suddenly, in the middle of the night, in the Committee on Appropriations, without any encouragement from Prime Minister Sharon, without any encouragement from Chairman Arafat, within the Beltway some decided that we ought to give Israel $200 million in economic support, and give Mr. Arafat's area $50 million in economic support. But to bring some history to the House, to ask Members to reflect back to 1997 when Prime Minister Netanyahu came before this very body, stood right in front of the Speaker and told this body that it was time for Israel to wean themselves of American economic support because their economy was better than ours.
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