my background and my studies, i was raised catholic and i was an altar boy and i went to a jesuit high schoolked my mother if jesus was iptized jewish why aren't baptized jewish? [laughter] rep. mccaul: that is a whole nother -- but there is a bond. we are excited to israel and the jewish people. they are the beacon of hope and democracy in what is a very bad neighborhood. [applause] rep. mccaul: and they are our son is ally in the middle east and we cannot forget that pulls of it is in our national security interest to strongly support them. that is why i introduced the companion version of senate one, assistance to israel, $30 billion, assistance to jordan, the civilian protection act bdsnst assad, and yes, the movement to support states that it will not buy from countries that are boycotting the state of israel. so important. [applause] michelle, that is what is called a discharge position on the house. we have 196 cosponsors. we need 218. if you are lobbying on the hill, we need about 24 members of congress to get on that bill to force it against nancy pelosi's wishes and force it on the