mr. fleischmann: mr. speaker, i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman continues to reserve. the gentlelady from connecticut. ms. delauro: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from new jersey, mr. norcross. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for one minute. mr. norcross: i'd like to the chairwoman for yielding and bringing this to the floor in such a timely manner. i rise today to speak in support of defending lives and that's what iron dome does. purely defensive system. safeguards lives living in israel, many of whom have friends and family right in my south jersey district. this shouldn't be a partisan issue. and i hear that on the other side. the reason why it didn't come up before is because we couldn't vote for it. we couldn't count on them. just like we can't count on them on so many issues. this saves lives. 300,000 of them are american citizens living in israel. you heard the number. 4,000 shots. very few people lost their lives. still too ma

mr. fleischmann: mr.peaker, i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman continues to reserve. the gentlelady from connecticut. ms. delauro: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from new jersey, mr. norcross. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for one minute. mr. norcross: i'd like to the chairwoman for yielding and bringing this to the floor in such a timely manner. i rise today to speak in support of defending lives and that's what iron dome does. purely defensive system. safeguards lives living in israel, many of whom have friends and family right in my south jersey district. this shouldn't be a partisan issue. and i hear that on the other side. the reason why it didn't come up before is because we couldn't vote for it. we couldn't count on them. just like we can't count on them on so many issues. this saves lives. 300,000 of them are american citizens living in israel. you heard the number. 4,000 shots. very few people lost their lives. still too many

mr. fleischmann: mr. speaker, i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman continues to reserve. the gentlelady from connecticut. ms. delauro: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from new jersey, mr. norcross. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for one minute. mr. norcross: i'd like to the chairwoman for yielding and bringing this to the floor in such a timely manner. i rise today to speak in support of defending lives and that's what iron dome does. purely defensive system. safeguards lives living in israel, many of whom have friends and family right in my south jersey district. this shouldn't be a partisan issue. and i hear that on the other side. the reason why it didn't come up before is because we couldn't vote for it. we couldn't count on them. just like we can't count on them on so many issues. this saves lives. 300,000 of them are american citizens living in israel. you heard the number. 4,000 shots. very few people lost their lives. still too ma