Mr. Speaker. in 1980. women in Congress under the leadership of the gentlewoman from New York. Liz Holtzman. took the lead in focusing world attention on the plight of Southeast Asian refugees. We Joined together with elected women around the world saying let us put politics aside and let us make sure the victims of politics. refugees. are no longer victimized. We worked hard to see refugees finally got supplies and medical needs they desperately needed. Women in Congress have continued to put politics aside and focus on humanitarian needs of refugees all over the world because most refugees are women and children. Women and children were not political participants but often the easy victims of politics. The situation of refugees in Southeast Asia. Africa. the Middle East. and Latin America has been taken up by Congresswomen at different times. Today we are Joining together and calling upon Lebanon to see if there is some international organization the Lebanese would agree to put in charge of the refugee camps to stabilize their situation. They need security and supplies. World opinion was shocked by the treatment of innocent refugees by we have been responding to the political. rather than the humanitarian situation. Today Congresswomen are again Joining together. saying let us put politics aside and dwell on the immediate humanitarian needs of the refugees.
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