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. >> link the signing, barbara boxer and congressman howard berman of california talked with reporters outside the white house. >> hi, everybody. i am senator barbara boxer from california, and this is congressman howard berman, and we're so pleased and grateful to this president for signing what i consider to be the most comprehensive american-israeli cooperation agreement that we have ever had in this nation. it is very broad, far reaching, very bipartisan. i wrote it with johnny isaccson in the senate and others in the house. howard will go into the details of it a little bit tell you what is. some of the main issues that we addressed here, an extension of loan guarantees for israel, an increase in our stockpiling of weapons to well over a billion, it pledges cooperation on every single front and really stand strong with israel at the u.n., trying to work on relations with nato and israel, so we are very excited, and i am ever so grateful to this president for standing with israel as such a loyal and dependable friend. congressman burr men. >> thank you, senator, and basically, what

i want to in particular acknowledge congressman howard berman and senator barbara boxer, who have done work in sheparding through this bi-partisan piece of legislation that underscores our unshakable commitment to israel. as many of you know i have made it a top priority for my administration to deepen cooperation with israel across the whole spectrum of security issues, intelligence, military, technology, and in many ways what this legislation does is bring together all the outstanding corruption that we have seen really at an unprecedented level between our two countries that under score our unshakable committment to israel's security. i'm also very khraoese pleased that this week we are going ab toeubable to announce $70 million -- $70 billion excuse me in spending for aoeupb dome. this is a program that has been critical in terms of providing security and safety for israeli families. it is a program that has been tested, and has prevented missile strikes inside of israel. and it is a testimony to the leadership of the folks sitting here that we're going to be able to lock in that f

i want particularly to acknowledge congressman howard berman and senator barbara boxer who have doneutstanding work in shepherding through this bipartisan piece of legislation that underscores our commitment to israel. as many of you know, i have made it a top priority for my administration to deepen cooperation with israel across the whole spectrum of security issues, intelligence, military, technology. in many ways, what this legislation does is bring together all the outstanding cooperation that we have seen really at an unprecedented level between our two countries that underscores our unshakeable commitment to israel should carry. i am also very pleased this week we're going to be able to announce $7 million in additional -- $70 million in additional -- excuse me, $70 billion in additional spending for iron dome. this is a program that has been critical in terms of providing security and safety for an israeli families. it is a program that has been tested and prevented missile strikes inside of israel. it is a testimony to the leadership of the folks sitting here that we will be

counterpart, steny hoyer, chairman ros-lehtinen, the gentleman from california, ranking member, howard berman, in may, introduced this bill and the house passed it with nearly you unanimous support. at a time when we are facing huge fiscal challenges, this bill makes it clear that no matter what, the united states always stands strong in our support for israel with whom we share a commitment to freedom, a respect for human life, and a commitment to security. among other things, this bill allows for the continuation of long-standing loan guarantees to israel. we restate the importance of maintaining israel's military edge and we improve military and intelligence cooperation, particularly with respect to joint missile defense. we also reiterate our commitment to stand with israel in international forums like the united nations where israel often finds itself in an unfriendly environment. and we encourage nato to welcome an expanded role for israel. our investment in israel's security is an investment in american security. beyond this bipartisan expression of america's support for israel, there

you have a number of them -- obviously in california you have howard berman and brad sherman.t took these races -- you have dennis kucinich and marcy captor in ohio. those are not in either case a blue dog democrat against a progressive candidate. you don't see wild swings within the ideologies in those particular districts. you find that more comparing one congressional district to another one, sometimes in different states are different parts of the states. so i guess to answer the question, it is hard to draw any lesson from any particular or a number of these battles. the focus will of course be turning to november, the general election, and in the general election, of course, there will be a major contest and the democrats are working hard to try to gain a majority of seats in the house right now. 25 seats separate the democrats from the majority. i do believe what people watch the antics last summer, for example, the republican threats to prevent the united states from meeting its obligation and paying its debts, that that was a spectacle people want to avoid and it was

i want in particular to acknowledge congressman howard berman and senator mark foster who have done outstanding work in shepherding through this bipartisan piece of legislation that underscores our unshakable ties with israel. as many of you know i have made it a top priority for my administration to deepen cooperation with israel across the whole spectrum of security issues, intelligence, military, technology and in many ways what this legislation does is bring together all the outstanding cooperation that we have seen really at an unprecedented level between our two countries that underscore our unshakable commitment to israel's security. i am also very pleased that this week, we are going to be able to announce $70 million in additional spending, $70 billion come excuse, excuse me, in additional spending for iron dome. this is a program that has been critical in terms of providing security and safety for israeli families. it is a program that has been tested and has prevented missile strikes inside of israel. and gives testimony to the leadership of the folks sitting here that we are going t

congressman howard berman, helping push for this legislation that underscores our commitment. i have made it a top priority, and in many ways, this legislation brings together all the outstanding cooperation we have seen, really at an unprecedented level between our countries that underscore our unshakeable commitment to israel's security. i am also very pleased that this week, we are going to be able to announce $70 million in additional spending, $70 billion, excuse me, for iron dome. this is a program that has been critical in terms of providing security and safety for israeli families. it is a program that has been tested and has prevented missile strikes inside of israel. and it is testament to leadership of folks sitting here that we will be able to lock can that funding to ensure that program continues and we are standing by our friends in israel when it comes to these kinds of attacks. let me close by saying that the tragic events we saw in bulgaria emphasize the degree to which this continues to be a challenge, not just for israel, but for the entire world, preventing