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Legislative Council. He said, ‘‘Allah 

willing, America and Israel will be annihilated . . . kill them all, down to 

the very last one.’’ 

Madam Speaker, any policy of the 

United Nations or the United States 

must articulate three concepts as prerequisites reached to any agreements 

reached between Israel and Hamas. 

First, it must reject any moral equivalence between the goals of Hamas and 

Israel. Secondly, it must place the 

blame for this current conflict squarely 

on the shoulders of Hamas, and third, 

it must clearly restate that America’s 

commitment to the State of Israel remains unshakable. 

We stand with Israel not as Republicans, Madam Speaker, not as Democrats, but as Americans and fellow 

members of the human family, equal 

heirs of those unalienable gifts of God 

we call life, liberty, and the pursuit of 

happiness; these basic human freedoms. 

We stand with the innocent people of 

Israel who have been terrorized on a 

daily basis, some for as long as they 

can remember. And we also, Madam 

Speaker, stand with those courageous 

Palestinian souls who also long for 

freedom and peace with their Israeli 

neighbors. 

Madam Speaker, President Harry 

Truman, who formally recognized the 

State of Israel only 11 minutes after 

Israel had declared its independence, 

said, ‘‘I had faith in Israel before it was 

established, I have faith in it now. I believe it has a glorious future before it— 

not just another sovereign nation, but 

as an embodiment of the great ideals of 

our civilization.’’ 

Madam Speaker, we recognize those 

words to be true and believe that the 

cause of liberty will prevail in the land 

of Israel as it has so many times before 

and that Israel indeed does have a glorious future before it. 

Throughout its history, the hand of 

God has been upon Israel, and today we 

join in the solidarity with the State of 

Israel, and its people, with the innocent Palestinians, and with all of who 

love peace, and we pray for the peace of 

Jerusalem. 

Thank you, Madam Speaker. 

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LEAVE OF ABSENCE 

By unanimous consent, leave of absence was granted to: 

Mr. JONES (at the request of Mr. 

BOEHNER) for today on account of attending a friend’s funeral. 

Mr. TIAHRT (at the request of Mr. 

BOEHNER) for today on account of official business. 

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SPECIAL ORDERS GRANTED 

By unanimous consent, permission to 

address the House, following the legislative program and any special orders 

heretofore entered, was granted to: 

(The following Members (at the request of Ms. WOOLSEY) to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material:) 

Ms. WOOLSEY, for 5 minutes, today. 

Mr. DEFAZIO, for 5 minutes, today. 

Ms. KAPTUR, for 5 minutes, today. 

Mr. DOGGETT, for 5 minutes, today. 

Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, for 5 

minutes, today. 

Mr. KUCINICH, for 5 minutes, today. 

(The following Members (at the request of Mr. PRICE of Georgia) to revise 

and extend their remarks and include 

extraneous material:) 

Mr. NEUGEBAUER, for 5 minutes, 

today. 

Mr. PRICE of Georgia, for 5 minutes, 

today. 

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ADJOURNMENT 

Mr. FRANKS of Arizona. Madam 

Speaker, I move that the House do now 

adjourn. 

The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 4 o’clock and 40 minutes 

p.m.), under its previous order, the 

House adjourned until Tuesday, January 13, 2009, at 12:30 p.m., for morninghour debate. 

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EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, 

ETC. 

Under clause 8 of rule XII, executive 

communications were taken from the 

Speaker’s table and referred as follows: 

41. A letter from the Acting Assoc. Gen. 

Counsel for General Law, Department of 

Homeland Security, transmitting a report 

pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform 

Act of 1998; to the Committee on Oversight 

and Government Reform. 

42. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting a report pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the Committee on 

Oversight and Government Reform. 

43. A letter from the Deputy White House 

Liaison, Department of Justice, transmitting a report pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, to the Committee on 

Oversight and Government Reform. 

44. A letter from the Deputy White House 

Liaison, Department of Justice, transmitting a report pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, to the Committee on 

Oversight and Government Reform. 

45. A letter from the Program Manager, 

Center for Medicare Management, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department’s final ‘‘Major’’ 

rule—Medicare Program, Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Benefits Programs: Negotiated Pricing and Remaining 

Revisions [CMS–4131–FC] (RIN: 0938–AP24) received January 7, 2009 pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

801(a)(1)(A); jointly to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means. 

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REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON 

PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS 

Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of 

committees were delivered to the Clerk 

for printing and reference to the proper 

calendar, as follows: 

[Omitted from the Record of January 3, 2009] 

Mr. BERMAN: Committee on Foreign Affairs. Legislative Review Activities of the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs for the 110th 

Congress (Rept. 110–939). Referred to the 

Committee of the Whole House on the State 

of the Union. 

PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS 

Under clause 2 of rule XII, public 

bills and resolutions of the following 

titles were introduced and severally referred, as follows: 

By Mr. BRIGHT: 

H.R. 361. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a 1-year extension of the increased expensing of certain depreciable business assets and the special depreciation allowance for certain business 

property; to the Committee on Ways and 

Means. 

By Mr. BOSWELL (for himself, Mr. 

LOEBSACK, Mr. BERRY, Mr. BRALEY of 

Iowa, and Mrs. EMERSON): 

H.R. 362. A bill to amend title XVIII of the 

Social Security Act to provide for temporary 

improvements to the Medicare inpatient hospital payment adjustment for low-volume 

hospitals and to provide for the use of the 

non-wage adjusted PPS rate under the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program, and 

for other purposes; to the Committee on 

Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 

Speaker, in each case for consideration of 

such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. 

By Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, 

Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. ROYCE, 

and Mr. MCCOTTER): 

H.R. 363. A bill to amend the United States 

International Broadcasting Act of 1994 to reorganize United States international broadcasting, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. 

By Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, 

Mr. ROYCE, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. MARKEY of Massachusetts, Mr. 

FORTENBERRY, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. BOOZMAN, and Mr. WILSON of 

South Carolina): 

H.R. 364. A bill to restrict nuclear cooperation with the United Arab Emirates, and for 

other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign 

Affairs. 

By Ms. BORDALLO (for herself, Mr. 

BROWN of South Carolina, Mr. FARR, 

Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. 

PALLONE, Mr. INSLEE, Mrs. 

CHRISTENSEN, and Ms. SHEA-PORTER): 

H.R. 365. A bill to direct the President to 

establish a program to develop a coordinated 

and comprehensive Federal ocean and coastal mapping plan for the Great Lakes and 

coastal state waters, the territorial sea, the 

exclusive economic zone, and the continental 

shelf of the United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 

Science and Technology, for a period to be 

subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 

each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 

committee concerned. 

By Mr. FARR (for himself, Mrs. CAPPS, 

Ms. BORDALLO, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. 

MCINTYRE, and Mr. EHLERS): 

H.R. 366. A bill to establish the national 

ocean exploration program and the national 

undersea research program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to direct the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to establish and maintain an undersea 

research program, and for other purposes; to 

the Committee on Science and Technology, 

and in addition to the Committee on Natural 

Resources, for a period to be subsequently 

determined by the Speaker, in each case for 

consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. 

By Mrs. CAPPS (for herself, Mr. FARR, 

Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. 


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