ms. ros-lehtinen thank you -- ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. ros-lehtinen: i want to thank the esteemed chairman of our full committee, chairman royce, and ranking member engel, who is before us today, for their leadership and for helping us to mark up and vote on this resolution at the subcommittee and at the full committee, thereby landing us right here on the floor this afternoon. i'd also like to thank my friend and dear south florida colleague, ranking member of the middle east and north africa subcommittee, mr. deutch, for joining me in introducing this important resolution, condemning the anti-israel and anti-semitic incitement from within the palestinian authority. sadly, mr. speaker, as we have seen over the past two months in israel, violence and terror are on the rise and hardly a day goes by when we don't hear about yet another attack against innocent israelis. since the most recent round of attacks began on the jewish new year in mi

ms. ros-lehtinen. the chair of the foreign affairs subcommittee on middle east and north africa, and the former chair of the full committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you so much , mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman from new jersey, mr. smith, for yielding the time. and i rise in strong support of mr. smith's bill, house resolution 354, expressing the sense of the house of representatives regarding the safety and security of jewish communities in europe. i was an original co-sponsor of this resolution and want to highlight the work of my good friend and colleague, chris smith, for his leadership on this issue and indeed for his tireless efforts to fight anti-semitism and support international religious freedom. i'd also like to thank our fellow co-chairs of the congressional bipartisan task force for combating anti-semitism, for demonstrating their leadership on this issue in congress and for raising the level of awareness and dialogue within our body

ms. ros-lehtinen.he tellers will come forward and take their seats at the desk in front of the speaker's rostrum. the roll will now be taken and hose the speaker: the tellers agree in their tallies that the total number of votes cast is 432 of which the honorable paul d. ryan of the state of wisconsin has received 236. the honorable nancy pelosi of california has received 184. the honorable daniel webster of the state of florida has received nine. the honorable jim cooper of the state of tennessee has received one. the honorable john lewis of georgia has received one. and the honorable colin poul has received one. -- colin powell has received one. therefore, the honorable paul d. ryan of the state of wisconsin having received the majority of the votes cast is duly elected as speaker of the house. the sergeant at arms: mr. speaker, the speaker-elect, paul d. ryan of wisconsin.

ms. ros-lehtinen: mr. speaker, i request unanimous consent to dreals the house for one minute and -- address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker:, -- the speaker: without objection, the gentlelady is recognized. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you so much and welcome, speaker ryan. mr. speaker, today i rise to lend my support for the miami walk to end alzheimer's. and i urge my fellow south floridians to come out to museum park in downtown miami this saturday, november 7, to help advance alzheimer's support, care and research in our community and indeed across our great nation. alzheimer's is a growing problem in florida with over half a million seniors impacted. and it's not just patients who suffer. family members and caregivers too often bear the brunt of this tragic and emotionally draining disease. i know this personally, having lost my mother to complications from alzheimer's on january 28 of 2011. so please consider taking a few hours out of your weekend to benefit alzheim

ms. ros-lehtinen, for five minutes. mr. speaker, n: monday, november 9, marks the 77th anniversary of crystal enact. the event that would foreshadow the crimes against humanity that the nazis would commit against six million jews and other religious and ethnic minorities. inspired by the incitement from the nazi minister of propaganda, joseph goebbels, regime members and party loyalists issued orders to local officials to target and attack the jewish community. often disguised in plain clothes to perpetuate the false narrative that these were spontaneous attacks and is an expression of the public sentiment toward the jews, the lgrims of crystal nocket d.-kristllnacht. destroys the businesses, and forcing jews to perform public act of humiliation. nearly 300 synagogues were destroyed while jewish artifacts and archives were confiscated. approximately 7,500 jewish-owned businesses and shops were vandalized and looted. and to add to the disgrace and punishment of having their livelihoods taken from them and destroyed, the jews

ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you very much, mr. speaker. today i rise to support the step forward to cure t.s.c. 5-k walk taking place at florida international university's main campus, my alma mater, on saturday, november 14. tubular scler row sess complex is a rare genetic disease with no known cure that causes uncontrolled humor growth -- tumor growth. i know of one man from our community who was diagnosed with t.s.c. when he was only two weeks old. because of the love and care provided by his parents, doctors, and nurses, he has thrived in spite of constant health challenges. the walk's theme this year is superheroes, and max is indeed a superhero. i encourage all south floridians to walk to help find a cure for t.s.c. to benefit young superheroes across the country just like max. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back her time. for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? >> thanks, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempo

ms. ros-lehtinen of florida for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the request s granted. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess subject to mr. ryan: what happened in paris is pure evil. and i simply want to say that our prayers and our condolences go out to the victims' families and to the french people. it's clear that this was an act of war and that the world needs american leadership. the national defense bill that i will sign later today requires the president to come with a plan for defeating isis, not just containing, but defeating isis. a containment plan is not enough. that has failed. in addition, the majority leader and our committee chairs are develop plang to address the syrian refugee crisis. our nation has always been welcoming, but we cannot let terrorists take advantage of our compassion. this is a moment where it's better to be safe than to be sorry. so we think the prudent, the responsible thing is to take a pause in this particular aspect of this refuge