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General Leave

Floor Speech

Date: Dec. 6, 2019
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Foreign Affairs

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Mrs. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H. Res. 326.

It is critical that we take serious steps to reiterate the United States commitment towards a just two-state solution to the conflict that allows both Israelis and Palestinians to live in peace side by side.

Unfortunately, recent developments have put this vision, which remains the only viable framework for a lasting peace in the region, further out of reach.

Settlement activity in the West Bank has increasingly threatened the viability of a future Palestinian state in the region, and there is now open talk of Israeli annexation of the Jordan Valley. Settlements erode any possibility of a continuous, viable Palestinian state.

Additionally, the Trump administration's recent move to overturn decades of U.S. policy and legitimize the settlement activity represents a body blow to future peace and prosperity. In addition, the Trump administration's policies have discredited valid Palestinian claims to also have their capital in Jerusalem. We also cannot forget the humanitarian situation in Gaza which is untenable.

Mr. Speaker, this demands a response, and that is why we need a two- state solution to deal with it.

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