What this coverage of the event leaves out is that Congressman Riley chose to leave the room rather than answer my question: Why, when 75% of the Democratic base wants us to stop sending arms to Israel, are you voting to continue those arms shipments? Who do you represent? He also ignored questions about his AIPAC-sponsored trip to Israel during the August recess, which he, not surprisingly, did not mention in his newsletter that covered his August activities. My question to my fellow Democrats is, if the $36,000+ donations he got from the pro-Israel lobby was enough to make him ignore our wishes in this case, what makes you think he'll listen to us when the big donations are thrown at him from the insurance and pharmaceutical lobbyists? Francesca Testi