OBJECTION, THE GENTLEMAN IS 
RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE.
MR. ELLISON: MR. SPEAKER, I 
BROUGHT A FRIEND TO THE FLOOR 
WITH ME TODAY AS WE ALL KNOW -- 
TODAY.
AS WE ALL KNOW, THIS IS ELMO. 
THIS GUY TAUGHT US OUR 1-2-3'S  
AND HE TAUGHT US TOLERANCE AND  
UNDERSTANDING.
FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS HE'S 
BEEN DOING THE SAME THING FOR 
CHILDREN IN THE PALESTINIAN 
TERRITORIES BECAUSE OF THE  
SESAME STREET -- BECAUSE OF THE 
SESAME STREET IN PALESTINE, 
PALESTINIAN KIDS GROW UP WITH A 
POSITIVE ROLE MODEL LIKE WE DID.
BUT RECENTLY SESAME STREET HAS  
BEEN OFF THE AIR. 
NOW PALESTINIAN KIDS ARE LEFT 
WATCHING THIS RIGHT HERE. 
HE'S A MOUSE WHO IS THE MAIN  
CHARACTER OF A HAMAS TV SHOW, 
INSTEAD OF TOLERANCE AND  
UNDERSTANDING, HE PROMOTES  
VIOLENCE AND ANTI-SEMITISM. 
THIS CONGRESS APPROVED FUNDING  
FOR THE SESAME STREET AND 
PALESTINE -- IN PALESTINE LAST  
YEAR BUT BECAUSE OF THE POSITION
OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS IN 
CONGRESS, THAT MEANS THE MONEY'S
BEING HELD UP, THERE'S NO ELMO, 
BUT THERE IS THIS MOUSE 
TRAFFICKING AND TEACHING  
EXTREMISM.
I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO WANTS  
CONGRESS TO RELEASE THE FUNDING,
EVEN THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT 
WANTS TO RELEASE IT.
LET'S GET GOOD FUNDING TO THE 
PEOPLE OF PALESTINE SO THAT THEY
CAN GROW AND STRENGTHEN THEIR 
OWN SOCIETY.
LET THE FUNDING FLOW AND GIVE 
SOMETHING FOR HIM TO
