so the house in february of this year, i think it was mr. calvert of california who had a bill to provide the same aid to israel without the offset. and it was blocked. blocked this time by people on my side. so the speaker said, ok. let's bring it up under suspension. maybe we get agreement between members on both sides, but in fact under suspension the 2/3 majority required was not achieved. so that bill failed in february as well. had any one of those bills passed, we might not be here today because we all know a week, 10 days ago iran attacked israel, missiles and drones, originating from iranian soil, first time that's ever happened. and the crisis advanced. yes, we did have an opportunity to provide that aid to israel. might not have been what my friend from massachusetts would have wanted, at the same time we had the opportunity to provide that. unfortunately, members of my committee are upset with where we are today, but we had the opportunity to sort of head off all of this problem by simply passing that aid package last february. w