I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman. I was a member of the mission to visit the refugee camps in Hong Kong a couple of weeks ago. and something that really struck home very forcefully to me was the very simple answer that those people gave when we asked them. "Why did you leave?" Three different refugees in different places. where they could not have overheard what the others said. answered. in reply to that question. one word: "Freedom." I think we certainly. as the bastion of freedom in the world today. owe a moral and legal duty to do what we can to help.
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