I would like to start off by saluting may friend from Michigan on the statement he made earlier. and I perhaps take a little issue with him on one thing. I believe the gentleman said for America the war ended 10 years ago. I think it is fair to say that the war. if you will. continues to this day in America because we are paying the bills for that conflict and that struggle to the tune of many billions of dollars every year in refugee assistance. both domestically for the resettlement in the United States. and internationally to support those agencies which are housing. feeding. clothing. transporting the remains of that struggle. I join the gentleman in his thesis though. and that is if we somehow. and I believe he used the term "raise the American flag over this struggle again." we will have made a very serious and profound error. and despite my considerable fealty and support of the gentleman from New York and respect for him. I think that this is not the best amendment for this time. Let me just suggest to the Members of the House that roughly speaking we have about $1 billion a year that we spend for settling refugees domestically and for international assistance to refugees. and that has gone on for 10 years. so we can say roughly in the range of $10 to $12 billion that we have paid. That is a considerable sum of money. but very affordable when you think that you are trying to help human beings. Two weeks ago.
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