Congressional Record—Senate S777
January 31, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S777 States-Jordan Defense Cooperation Act of tary support funding to Israel. It reaf- vacuum that terrorists and others will 2015, and to halt the wholesale slaughter of firms the U.S. commitment to ensuring step in to fill. Our too-hasty with- the Syrian people, and for other purposes. that Israel has better weapons and drawal from Iraq, on a timeline we an- Mitch McConnell, Pat Roberts, Shelley equipment than its enemies. It will nounced to our enemies, created the Moore Capito, Mitt Romney, Richard Burr, John Cornyn, Rick Scott, Mike also foster increased technical coopera- circumstances that allowed for the rise Crapo, Cindy Hyde-Smith, Michael B. tion between Israel and the United of ISIS. We need to be wary about al- Enzi, Kevin Cramer, Mike Braun, John States to support the security of both lowing something like that to happen Boozman, Steve Daines, James M. of our countries. again. Inhofe, Thom Tillis, Joni Ernst. The legislation also strengthens our Terrorist groups are not the only en- f relationship with another close ally of tities we have to worry about. Adver- ours in the Middle East, the Kingdom saries like Russia and Iran are already NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGE- of Jordan. The Senate Intelligence trying to flex their power in the Middle MENT ACT—MOTION TO PROCEED Committee hearing on Tuesday was a East and would be more than happy to Mr. MCCONNELL. I move to proceed timely reminder of the importance of take advantage of an early U.S. with- to Calendar No.
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