E1494 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks July 24, 2006 and coordinating with Arab nations.’’ Ahmed has since ruled that it must. That case is on ARTICLE BY RABBI ISRAEL al-Jarallah, editor of Kuwait’s Arab Times, con- appeal now to the ninth circuit, and hopefully ZOBERMAN demned both Hezbollah and Hamas in an edi- it will make its way to the U.S. Supreme Court torial on July 15, 2006, writing, ‘‘Unfortunately for a reversal. HON. THELMA D. DRAKE we must admit that in such a war the only way OF VIRGINIA to get rid of ‘these irregular phenomena’ is f IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES what Israel is doing. The operations of Israel Monday, July 24, 2006 in Gaza and Lebanon are in the interest of COMMENDING NASA ON COMPLE- people of Arab countries and the international TION OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE’S Mrs. DRAKE. Mr. Speaker, I would like to community.’’ SECOND RETURN-TO-FLIGHT MIS- call your attention to the following article writ- ten by my constituent, Rabbi Israel Zoberman. I am pleased that Secretary of State SION Condoleezza Rice is planning a trip to the re- Rabbi Zoberman is the spiritual leader of Con- gregation Beth Chaverim in Virginia Beach, gion shortly, and hope that she will remain VA. A son of Polish Holocaust survivors, he fully engaged. In the meantime, Israel should SPEECH OF grew up in Haifa, Israel. He is past President not be asked to stop its actions as long as of the Hampton Roads Board of Rabbis and Hezbollah and Hamas continue to send mis- HON. DAVE WELDON Cantors. The article reads as follows: siles toward Israel and to hold Israeli soldiers OF FLORIDA Once more I felt in the pit of my stomach hostage. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that gnawing sense of emptiness born of dis- f belief and grave concern, which after all is a Wednesday, July 19, 2006 defense mechanism, experienced during past PERSONAL EXPLANATION wars and crises. My phone calls to my family Mr. WELDON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I in Haifa, Israel have increased from Fridays would like to extend congratulations to NASA to wish them a ‘‘Shabbat Shalom’’ to daily HON. JOHN LINDER contacts of empathy and support. OF GEORGIA and the Shuttle program for the successful My beautiful coastal Haifa, Israel’s third IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES STS–121 mission on Space Shuttle Discovery. largest city, has become a deliberate target On July 4th, I watched with pride as the NASA with rockets landing on Mt. Carmel, not far Monday, July 24, 2006 performed a successful launch of the Space from my sisters’ homes and my parents’ resi- Mr. LINDER. Mr. Speaker, I was unable to Shuttle Discovery, a fitting tribute to NASA, dence where I was raised. My very pregnant niece was emotionally affected and tempo- cast rollcall vote 382 on July 19, 2006, be- our brave astronauts, and our incredible space cause I was unavoidably detained on official rarily left to Tel Aviv for psychological sta- program. bility. Speaking to my mom, who along with business at the White House. Had I been father are Polish Holocaust survivors, con- present, I would have cast the following vote: STS–121 successfully confirmed the Space Shuttle safety improvements, including the re- veyed her definite heightened anxiety as she On rollcall No. 382, I would have voted ‘‘yea.’’ faced one more challenge after already much designed External Tank foam insulation, the f trauma, including Israel’s previous wars and heat shield, and improved imagery during ongoing tensions since arriving there in 1949. PLEDGE PROTECTION ACT OF 2005 launch. STS–121 also successfully supplied I’ve also been in touch with Lebanese friends the International Space Station with more than in Virginia Beach. They too are affected by SPEECH OF the disconcerting events. 28,000 pounds of much-needed equipment The eruption of hostilities this time fol- HON. JEFF FLAKE and supplies. lowed attacks and kidnappings by Hamas in the south and Hezbollah in the north, insti- OF ARIZONA Our amazing astronauts also gave us earth- bound admirers three awe-inspiring gated by the true powers to be in Iran and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Syria, and lengthy rockets’ firing at Israeli spacewalks. My hearty congratulations go to Wednesday, July 19, 2006 towns within range from Gaza. It thus forced the entire Discovery crew—Commander Ste- Israel’s government to send a loud message The House in Committee of the Whole ven Lindsey, Pilot Mark Kelly, and Mission to those who are obstacles to the future of House on the State of the Union had under Specialists Michael Fossum, Lisa Nowak, peace, a pre-condition to Israel’s very viabil- consideration the bill (H.R. 2389) to amend Piers Sellers, and Stephanie Wilson. ity and survival in a restive region of critical title 28, United States Code, with respect to strategic importance. No state would allow the jurisdiction of Federal courts over cer- With the completion of the flawless 13-day disruption to its citizens’ lives on a scale tol- tain cases and controversies involving the mission of STS–121 on Space Shuttle Dis- erated so long by Israel. Particularly for a Pledge of Allegiance: covery, NASA proved that both its Space small country albeit with a capable military, Mr. FLAKE. Mr. Chairman, today I voted Shuttle program and the International Space such unacceptable scenario becomes debili- against the Pledge Protection Act—H.R. 2389. tating. Station program are once again on firm foot- The threat from radical Islam seeking to I believe in the constitutionality of the Pledge ing. Americans can be confident that NASA’s create a Middle East a la its rejectionist ide- and believe that the Pledge should contain the goal of completing the construction of the ology, sans Israel and Western influence, words ‘‘under God.’’ space station will be realized. also aims at destabilizing moderate Arab Unfortunately, this bill does more to hurt the states such as Egypt and Jordan which Pledge than help it. The bill strips Federal And this confidence-building mission comes signed peace treaties with Israel. Without a courts of jurisdiction over Federal constitu- at the right time, since the most complicated countervailing strong Iraq, Iran is now posi- tional claims, leaving the States to each de- space assembly mission that has ever been tioned for hegemony to restore its historic cide issues regarding the Pledge. Some scheduled in human space flight will happen in preeminence and emerge a global Muslim only a month and a half. Starting in August, leader. It attempts to acquire nuclear power States may strike down the Pledge; others as a step in this envisioned goal while led by may modify it. The end result would be lasting NASA will launch a series of missions to finish an irresponsible president who openly denies damage to the Pledge. This is clearly a Fed- the backbone of the International Space Sta- the Holocaust and calls for Israel’s elimi- eral, constitutional issue. tion. These shuttle missions will be the most nation. The Palestinian Authority as well as I realize that, in 2002, the Ninth U.S. Circuit complex since the Apollo program. Lebanon stand to benefit from Israel’s ac- tions for their own future is held hostage by Court of Appeals reached a disturbing result These are great challenges for NASA, but by declaring that it was an unconstitutional es- their extremists. Israel’s response is sup- America’s space agency continues to prove portive of America’s heroic efforts to con- tablishment of religion to have students to re- that it is up to the job. I have complete con- front terrorism world-wide, painfully intro- cite the words ‘‘under God’’ in the Pledge of fidence that NASA will be successful with the ducing democracy to a liberated Iraq, even Allegiance. The U.S. Supreme Court overruled remaining 15 Shuttle missions to complete the though democracy’s Arab enemies subvert the ninth circuit on procedural grounds in fledging democracies from within. Fighting space station before the shuttle’s retirement in 2004. Unfortunately, there was no clear opin- terrorists is hampered by their planting 2010. ion overruling the ninth circuit on substantive themselves among civilians to take advan- grounds. Our Space Shuttle program has proven that tage of democratic nations’ reluctance to re- it is on track to completing its remaining mis- taliate at random. But terrorists underesti- The ninth circuit’s ruling has created confu- mate the will of free nations to ultimately sion as to whether the decision must be fol- sions and NASA is on track to continue the fight back in spite of limitations with inevi- lowed within the boundaries of the circuit. At manned space program, including the return table and regrettable losses of life and prop- least one Federal district court in California of Americans to the surface of the Moon. erty. Tragic indeed has been Lebanon’s lot

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