-israel relationship than ileana ros-lehtinen. so it's entirely fitting that we amend this bill to name it in her honor, the ileana ros-lehtinen u.s.-israel security assistance authorization act. let me also thank the chief democratic sponsor of this legislation, mr. deutch, also of florida, who has worked tirelessly to shape this legislation and to reaffirm the unshakable bond between the united states and israel. this bill, like the house version passed by the foreign affairs committee, fully authorizes the historic memorandum of understanding or m.o.u. between the united states and israel, which president obama signed and which will go into effect next year. this m.o.u. provides for a 10-year agreement at $3.3 billion per year and a $5 -- 500 million missile defense pledge. the largest single pledge of military assistance in our country's history. the m.o.u. is a concrete example of something i often say. whime prime ministers may come and go and -- while prime ministers may come and go and presidents come and go and members of

i want to especially thank my dear friend and colleague, ileana ros-lehtinen, who was so instrumental in crafting this bill, and then getting it passed. like so many other things she's done for so many years, on the foreign affairs committee, it's just been an honor and a pleasure to work with her. we're going to miss her. but she's done some great work in people's live -- and people's lives will be saved because of the work that ileana ros-lehtinen has done. so i want to thank you. i'm also grateful to the members of the other body who have helped push this measure forward. this bill is the product of a good bipartisan effort aimed at a clear goal, to isolate hezbollah, one of the world's most dangerous terrorist organizations. with hundreds of thousands of rockets pointed at israel and fighters returning home battle-hardened from years fighting alongside the assad regime in syria, hezbollah has become more sophisticated and more lethal. hezbollah, with support from iran, has served as a life line to assad, allowing his regime to butcher the syrian people. without hezbollah's support