ms. berkley, is recognized. ms. berkley: mr. speaker, it is my great pleasure to welcome representative amodei to congress. our new colleague is a native son of nevada. and a graduate of the university of nevada where he served in the rotc program and later served on active duty in the army, first in artillery, and then as a j.a.g. officer. he has worked for the people of nevada for many years as an assemblyman and as a member of the state senate. i look forward to working with the gentleman as we represent the citizens of the great state of nevada. and i would now yield to my colleague and friend, representative heck. mr. heck: i thank the gentlelady for yielding. i, too, want to offer my congratulations to mark amodei. i had the honor of serving alongside him in the state senate where he distinguished himself as president pro tem and a member of the natural resources committee where he was the go-to guy on a lot of issues important to nevada regarding waterlog, fell veteran, it's an honor to have him here. i wish him well. i a

ms. berkley. ms. berkley: i thank you for putting this special order together to discuss an issue that is very important and is certainly front and center on the international scene today as it has been for the last several weeks and i thank you, mr. deutch, for your extraordinary steadfast support for the state of israel and the strong relationship that we work on and attempt to foster every day. mr. speaker, i rise to support our closest friend and ally, the state of israel. and to support the peace process between israel and the palestinians. we must oppose the misguided and dangerous effort to bypass negotiations with israel and go to the u.n. with a resolution in order to create a palestinian state. the ramifications of that are extraordinary. they could destabilize the entire middle east, put israel on the defensive at the international criminal court and create a failed terrorist state right next door to the state of israel controlled by the iranians, i might add. the palestinians have claimed t