What is underlying my effort here today. and will be underlying it whether this amendment is offered or attached to this bill or attached to the bilateral development assistance bill. is that I am going to keep working at strengthening the realization that the United States is not as rich as it once was. comparatively speaking. and. although we have responsibilities in foreign aid. other nations also have responsibilities. Recently. I attended the International Parliamentary Union meeting in Oslo. Norway. and served on a refugees committee. It was my observation that our country. quite appropriately. takes in refugees and makes them citizens in a period of 2 to 3 years. whereas. many European countries take in refugees only on a work permit basis. The point is. I think that we should see some leadership. not only in fulfilling our responsibilities. but in asking some of the other wealthy nations of Europe and the OPEC countries. and Japan. to help out more in some of these areas.
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