Bill Lee: “I want to thank the gentleman for yielding and for his steadfast commitment to ensuring global peace and security. Mr.…”

“I want to thank the gentleman for yielding and for his steadfast commitment to ensuring global peace and security. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this rule and H. Res. 11, which is a flawed and misguided effort as currently written. Let me be clear: H. Res. 11 would undermine longstanding and bipartisan U.S. policy on a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This resolution is deeply flawed because it does not accurately portray U.S. policy on Israeli settlements. What is worse, this resolution completely mischaracterizes the United Nations Security Council resolution and the United States' abstention vote. Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the Rules Committee shamefully rejected an alternative introduced by Congressman Price, Congressman Connolly, and Congressman Engel, which reflects current U.S. policy that would have reaffirmed our commitment to a negotiated and peaceful two-state solution. This is the only pathway to peace and security. It is appalling--but really, it is not surprising--that Republicans pushed through a closed rule and hurried this to the floor. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentlewoman has expired. Mr. McGOVERN. I yield the gentlewoman an additional 30 seconds.”