; Whereas the 2015 Global Venture Capital Confidence Survey ranked the United States and Israel as the two countries with the highest levels of investor confidence in the world; Whereas, in 2018, United States and Israel officials convened for the 33d session of the U.S.-Israel Joint Economic Development Group, the premier annual economic dialogue between the two Governments; Whereas, in 2018, Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin said, We have a very important relationship with Israel. This is really a great place for investments, particularly technology investments. We are going to make sure we do more infrastructure investments here. ; Whereas, in 2018, the Environmental Protection Agency and Israel’s Ministry of Environmental Protection renewed a Memorandum of Understanding to focus on scientific and technical collaboration to protect the environment by exchanging information, arranging visits of scientific personnel, cooperating in scientific symposia and workshops, and undertaking cooperative research projects concerning problems of common interest; and Whereas economic cooperation between the United States and Israel has also thrived at the State and local levels through both formal agreements and bilateral organizations in over 30 States that have encouraged new forms of cooperation in fields such as water conservation, cybersecurity, and alternative energy and farming technologies: Now, therefore, be it