mr. chabot, my friend from ohio and is also my friend said there is no president has done more to damage the u.s.-israeli relationship. i cannot let that go by. 8.4-liter has insulted to have the state of the united states government. -- a foreign leader. it's not a temper tantrum. it didn't start with president obama. it started with bibi netanyahu. you can decide for yourself whether it was appropriate for him to speak to a joint session but the process is beyond dispute. it was an insult to this government. friends don't act that way. and i would say to my friend, mr. chabot from ohio it would come as news that the outgoing president of israel who gave president obama the highest award that the israeli government can give for his support of israel. at some point does the partisan rhetoric ever stop? where are your loyalties with respect to the prerogatives of this government and our country? and the shameless way mr. netanyahu is conducted himself deserves reproach. and i think the president has actually shown restraint. and i say this as somebody who has a 35 year record of unwaverin

mr. chabot, for 30 minutes. mr. chabot: thank you very much, mr.peaker, and i will not take that much time. mr. speaker, there seems to be a lot of bad news these days and negative stories, but i would like to take this opportunity to highlight some uplifting stories from the cincinnati area, the area that i happen to represent here. first i would like to congratulate a cincinnati broadcasting legend on a storied career. a week from tomorrow, friday, april 3, cincinnati will say good-bye to a long time morning show tim scott, after more than 47 years on the radio in cincinnati. he has been synonomous with mornings as hundreds of thousands, if not millions of the residents of cincinnati started their day listen to him cover politics, local news, entertainment and sports. he covered every story in a style uniquely his own. his excellence was recognized back in 2002 when he won large market personality of the year. and he has been a pillar of the community helping out with charities and community service organizations activities i'm sure he will conti

mr. steve chabot of ohio. >> thank you for being here. last week state department spokeswoman espoused the interesting proposition that we should create a jobs program for people who might be inclined to support groups like isis. jobs for jihadists. she didn't call it that, but i will. just where will these jobs come from? not at the mall, it's apparently too dangerous o work there now. are these shuttle ready jobs or are they yet to be created like keystone pipeline jobs? and mr. secretary, did she consult with anyone else in the state department before announcing this new initiative? if not, who did she consult with? i realize that according to her, many of us are not nuanced enough to grasp the proposal, but i'm sure some of my colleagues would appreciate some insight on where in the heck this idea came from. >> congressman, let me make it absolutely clear. that's not what she was saying. if you take the full breadth of what she was talking about. in fact, what she was talking about is the notion that if all we do is have a military ap

mr. blinken: i said security. rep. chabot: security, relations, whatever. there has been more president that has damaged relations more than this. let me go to my next question. one of my concerns has always been proliferation in the region. there is a nuclear arms race with the saudis and the gulf states. turkey and perhaps others. developing enrichment and perhaps nuclear weapons. there are indications that the saudis are so alarmed, they are already moving in that direction. what is your response? mr. blinken: if there is no deal iran could rush to a nuclear weapon and capacity tomorrow which is what would spark an arms race. the best way to prevent countries from feeling the mississippi to do that -- necessity to do that is to prevent them from getting a weapon. the model is hardly one other countries would want to follow if they decided they needed to acquire a nuclear weapon. the iranian model is a decade of isolation and sanctions. anything that emerges from this agreement will require such intrusive inspections and monitoring, i doubt any other coun