Press Release
Speaker Boehner Invites Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to Address Congress
January 21, 2015|Speaker Boehner's Press Office
http://www.speaker.gov/press-release/speaker-boehner-invites-israeli-prime-minister-netanyahu-address-congress

WASHINGTON, DC – House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) today invited Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel to address a joint meeting of Congress
on February 11, 2015.

“Prime Minister Netanyahu is a great friend of our country, and this
invitation carries with it our unwavering commitment to the security and
well-being of his people,” Boehner said. “In this time of challenge, I am
asking the Prime Minister to address Congress on the grave threats radical
Islam and Iran pose to our security and way of life. Americans and Israelis
have always stood together in shared cause and common ideals, and now we
must rise to the moment again.”

This would be Prime Minister Netanyahu’s third appearance before a joint
meeting of Congress, and his second during Boehner’s speakership. His
previous addresses were on July 10, 1996 and May 24, 2011. Other Israeli
prime ministers to address Congress include Ehud Olmert, Shimon Peres, and
Yitzhak Rabin.

Read Boehner's formal letter of invitation here.
http://bit.ly/1ANHB91

His Excellency Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister of Israel
3 Kaplan Street, Hakirya
Jerusalem , Israel 91950
January 21 , 2015

Dear Mr. Prime Minister:

It is my honor, on behalf of the bipartisan leadership of the U.S. House of
Representatives and the U.S. Senate, to ex tend to you an invitation to
appear before and address a joint meeting of Congress on Wednesday, February
11, 2015.
I thank you for your attention, and I look forward to your reply.
Sincerely,
John A. Boehner