A member of the house Foreign Relations committee. I want to ask you about the significance of the abraham accord, as they are now known, signed at the white house yesterday. Is this the key breakthrough needed on that very long road to middle east peace . Guest it is certainly a milestone to bring bahrain and the United Arab Emirates into harmony with israel. It is a big step, no doubt about it. I dont know how that is going to play out with palestinians. They probably feel like they have been cast aside by their fellow arab countries, and i could breed some difficult behavior from them and that could breed some difficult behavior from them. I am not in favor of abandoning the two state solution. Host can you truly be on the road to middle east feast middle east peace if palestinians arent involved, and what would be the next step . Guest i dont see how you can. The two state solution goes back to the 1950s. They have to have a homeland and eventually to state and eventually develop a stable government and Economic Opportunity for their people. Host what are the next states you want to see sign on to this and the next step to see this to keep this from becoming a mirage . Guest i would like to see qatar doing it. Obviously the 900 pound gorilla is saudi arabia. The benefit of the hostilities with iran is that has been a big driver to drive these arab countries to look at israel in a new light. Folks not as familiar with the i saudi arabia itself realizes they are in the wrong, and certainly that bahrain and qatar, nations that are closest to kuwait. Of gemonic ambitions played out all the way to made the arab states have to look at israel as a potential ally. Host talk about the role that Congress Played here. When did you come into the loop when he came to these negotiations . What do you think about the work of Jared Kushner . Guest apparently he played a role and a lot of people said he played a strong role in getting this accomplished. I dont know who the key levers work were. Explain the role of f35 here. Guest we have made massive sales of military hide military hardware to the United Arab Emirates and i believe we will do the same with bahrain. The f35 is the latest military aircraft in the United States arsenal. Host the Carnegie Institute with a recent piece bringing up the f35, saying one complication of this deal is the possibility that uae and israel can Purchase Advanced weapon systems with normalize relations with the uae, israel would be less able to make a compelling case against the sale and then he goes on to say that without the palestinians being involved, the concerns that this deal the f35 could issue complicate this Going Forward . Guest i definitely think it could. What if the deal unravels . We still have the palestinians and they have the f35s. Congressman Francis Rooney as our guest this morning, a republican from florida, joining us after the signing of the Abraham Accords at the white house. We want to get you involved in the conversation with about 20 minutes before the house dabbles in for the day. Phone lines as usual, democrats, 202 7488000. Republicans, 202 7488001. Independents, 202 7488002. Go ahead and start calling in, we will get to his many of your calls as we can. As folks are calling in on a different topic, what happens here in the coming days and weeks when it comes to Coronavirus Relief legislation . What did you think of nancy pelosi saying the house will stay in session until some sort of deal is reached . Guest it is kind of like kennedy and khrushchev, who is going to blink . Theyve got to do something, they know they have to do something. These elected officials are being pounded on by their constituents across the country to extend the relief. Billy question is how much. Realhave gone from the question is how much. How is it going to be played out to the public . Host do you think there is a middle way . Is i think around about halfway between what the democrats wanted and the republicans wanted. Host that to trillion dollar number is what you would be comfortable with . Guest i would become to the with whatever they did. Youve got people that are in serious trouble around this country, individually, small businesses, certainly the hospitality, leisure and travel industries. Until we get some vaccines, it is going to stay that way. Arkansas, aout of republican. Caller can you hear me . Host yes maam. Caller hello. I am going to vote straight republican. I want you to know that. Please stand you, up with president trump. This is a crucial election. We need to keep him in the white house. Thank you. Host why is it a crucial election, in your mind . Democrats,ause the to me they are communists, and we need to get them out. I dont want a communist country. Host congressman rooney, are you worried about a communist country . Guest i am worried about the increase of socialism, the lack of concern and the lack of commitment to free enterprise, private property and things like that. Agreet sense, i would with the caller. I dont think it is a communist young,y but among the there is a lack of belief and commitment to free enterprise, private property, less state intervention and more individual initiative. That is a bad thing. That is not what made our country what it is. Host is the president doing what he needs to do to win your home state of florida . Guest he is doing a lot. He did the offshore drilling ban extension, which i have been working on for years to get him to do. The house passed the offshore drilling about a year ago but we have not been able to get much headway out of the senate, so the president did it by executive order, which is very important to florida. Voted to amendns the state constitution to ban offshore drilling. Host our next caller in new jersey, independent. Hower i am just wondering there was going to be peace if the Israeli Apartheid policy on palestine continues. Thank you. I am for a two state solution. I think the palestinians have to have stability, economic and personal stability, for there ever to be real peace in the region. The unintended consequence of the law may be the lever that drives all the arabs to work of h. R. 2574 on he on passage which the yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk h. R. 2575, a bill to amend title 6 of the civil actts