it was represented by michael mccaul who serves as ranking member of the house foreign affairs committee. israel. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from texas is recognized for five minutes in support of his motion. mr. mccaul: let me first say the yemen resolution before us here today is pro ilan and anti-israel. i rise to offer a motion stating it's in the national security interest of the united states to oppose the global movement to boycott state of israel. this motion will not kill the bill or send it back to the committee. if adopted, the resolution will immediately proceed to final passage. as we heard efrom the powerful speech of the secretary of nato yesterday, it's in our national interest to work with our allies to counter our shared threats and promote our shared values. since its founding in 194, the united states has stood shoulder to shoulder with israel against enemies that want to destroy it. let's be clear about the b.d.s. movement. it is yet another enemy of israel. it wants to exclude, isolate, and ultimately destroy israel. the founder of

criminal charges being used to try and achieve political ends that is really not go to the trial ok michael mccaul back to you in london again the the fourth estate has always played a very special role at least in anglo soccer as action culture or political culture is this is what this whole endeavor against the show and the do you think that it's a precedent to to a chilling effect on potential whistleblowers in the future because again we keep going back to the public interest and this is what journalists are supposed to do and if there is severe consequences for this people will be less willing to hold power to account i think that this is a very dangerous precedent that we're seeing played out before us go ahead michael in london let me go back first to something that george said and that was in relation to the charges that mr assad may face when he gets to america the extradition process yet has to run its course and yet george is assuming the that is going to fail there's no reason why that assumption should be made at this juncture it is a matter for the courts in this country to consider

it was represented by michael mccaul who serves as ranking member of the house foreign affairs committee. israel. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from texas is recognized for five minutes in support of his motion. mr. mccaul: let me first say

congressman michael mccaul of the president made that statement out of fran prp he's going to actuallyf the border. and another texas republican, senator john cornyn said, quote, i understand the consequences of that i think would be bad for everybody. >> and senator it is my view that we've got to keep the legitimate trade and travel and cross-border commercial happening and steve rat are in, you have charts for us on the issue. take it away. what you got? >> we got some stuff sfchl the economic impact, which i do want to talk about what is going on out there. as this chart shows, after many years of decline and a number of illegal border crossings, they have in fact gone up a bit in these past 12 months. these are monthly numbers on a 12-year rolling basis. you can see in the very small gray line they've jumped recent more. when trump threatens to close the border, more people show up. it important wreck mied who were trying to pass the under president braurk, illegal under the obama administration. why is it that border crossings are sky scoy rocketing against they were up in the $1