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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRep. Steny Hoyer Again to Lead House Democrats to Israel
Rep. Steny Hoyer, the second-ranked Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives, again will lead fellow Democrats on a tour of Israel funded by AIPACs educational affiliate.
Two freshmen, Reps. Lois Frankel (D-Fla.) and Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), said they would be joining this weeks visit, which will include meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders as well as tours of U.S.-funded defense systems, including the short-range Iron Dome anti-missile program.
Such tours, funded by the educational affiliate of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), routinely take place during the August recess of off-election years. Hoyer, the minority whip from Maryland, has led a number of the tours.
A spokeswoman for Hoyer said that 31 of them are freshmen, out of 38 in this class of Democrats. The Democrats tour, which lasts about a week, usually is followed by a similar tour for Republican freshmen. In past years the GOP visit has been led by Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.), the House majority leader and the highest-ranking Jewish member of Congress.
Read more at: http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/hoyer-again-to-lead-house-democrats-to-israel/2013/08/04/ | The Jewish Press
AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)If they're going to go to Israel, why not visit Yad Vashem instead? If I was a House Dem, and if I could go to just ONE place in that country, it would be the world's most well-known Holocaust memorial museum.....that would be a worthwhile trip, IMO.
typeviic
(61 posts)"Our" Congress creatures annually falling all over themselves trying to out-Israel each other?
No government can serve two masters, and a government that serves Israel cannot serve the American people.
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)Or a Mafia funded tour of Sicily.
Moses2SandyKoufax
(1,290 posts)pintobean
(18,101 posts)We don't need those 38 Democrats in congress?