♪ you from afar, cynthia mckinney. i would like to introduce the ives editor and executo director of the washington report on middle east affairs and will give us a more complete picture on what congress has rwrought. >> thank you. you heard about the high cost of israel to our political process. you will hear touch more about what americans have paid for the u.s.-israel relationship. i will focus on the dollar and good sense. americans are concerned about nationc issues, as our emerges from the 2008 financial crisis. we are worried about forployment, rising food fuel, affordable housing, and health care costs. we are concerned about our aging infrastructure, crumbling roads, bridges, and decaying schools.