Rebecca Shabad is a politics reporter for NBC News based in Washington.
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said Thursday that he plans to invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak to Congress about the conflict against Hamas in Gaza. 'I would love to have him come in and address a joint session of Congress. We’ll certainly extend that invitation,' Johnson said in an interview on CNBC's 'Squawk Box.' Johnson said Netanyahu has already invited him to speak to the Knesset and they just have to work out scheduling.
But I think a big majority of that Senate would want to come and stand in support of Netanyahu and Israel.' NBC News reached out to Schumer's office for comment. Netanyahu last spoke to a joint session of Congress in 2015, when both chambers were controlled by Republicans, and he used the speech to criticize the Obama administration over its negotiations with U.S. allies and Iran on a nuclear deal.
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