May 14, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 80 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

[Pages H3741-H3742]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 HISTORIC EMBASSY OPENING IN JERUSALEM

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

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  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, on this day last year, I 
was grateful to lead nine House colleagues on a congressional 
delegation to Jerusalem for the opening of the U.S. Embassy.
  We had the opportunity to meet with Members of the Knesset, the 
Israeli Parliament, and to meet the Knesset Foreign Affairs chairman, 
Avi Dichter.
  It was an honor to be welcomed to the office of Prime Minister 
Benjamin Netanyahu. We have a shared priority to stop terrorism and 
anti-Semitism in both of our countries and around the world. I am 
confident in the leadership of Israel and know they will do all they 
can to protect and serve its citizens.
  I am thankful for the strong commitment shown to the American-Israeli 
alliance by President Donald Trump, with promises made and promises 
kept. Ambassador David Friedman enthusiastically coordinated the 
Embassy movement, fulfilling a vote of Congress in 1994 to relocate 
from Tel Aviv to the capital of Jerusalem.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September the 11th in the global war on terrorism.

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