James T. Callahan: “I wish we could, Mr. Chairman, get to a position where we could move on to discuss some of the issues we in this bill…”

“I wish we could, Mr. Chairman, get to a position where we could move on to discuss some of the issues we in this bill; and particularly I would like to get to the amendment process so we can start debating them. In particular, I have several amendments that I would like to have the opportunity to bring before this body about the assistance in this bill to Israel and to the Palestinian Authority, as well as another amendment that probably will be out of order, but with respect to assistance for Egypt as well. To give my colleagues some idea of what I am talking about, I have noticed with great admiration today that the gentleman from Georgia has all of these beautiful charts, and I know a lot of my friends on the other side of the aisle also have all these beautiful charts. So I am in the process of getting some charts, too; and I want to point out on those charts the economic conditions in Israel, the United States, and Egypt to give them a reason why I am so adamant about including Egypt in this process, as we have for the last 30 years. So I am anxious to get to that. I want to talk about unemployment in Egypt, in Israel, and in the United States. I want to look at the cost of living in all three countries to give the American people and my colleagues an opportunity to see what we are really talking about.”