Mr. Chairman. again. when we are talking about these kind of very. very sensitive human issuesand that is what we are talking about. we are talking about peoples lives and health. and when we talk about things like food stamps and Medicaid and WIC. and we talk about the assistance that we give native Americans on Indian reservations around this country in the area of health care. for example. all of those programs which I believe the gentleman would agree with me are in desperate need of perhaps increases. and I would like to be in the position. if we were not looking at $230 billion deficits which I believe are a threat to the future of this country. to be able to better address those problems. I strongly believe that when we talk about giving refugees a larger increase in these very sensitive programs. we are going to be giving to other native Americans that have been here all their lives. I think we make a serious mistake and I think we then create the possibility that we will. in effect. be doing what the gentleman from Kentucky does not want to do. and that is pit these groups against each other.
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