Now. the Senator refers to the amendments use of the term "persons." Somehow that gives the red flagwe are going to flood the country with every and all persons. Let me tell you why we used the word "persons." We are engaged. I remind the Senator. in a refugee program. We are engaged in a program in which we are hoping that those people who are fleeing their countries will return. That is why we included "persons." because we are involved in issues more than processing people to come to this or other countries. We are involved in the protection of those refugees. most of whom will never resettle. And I would also like to make the record clear that we in the Appropriations Committee had to earmark the money for the protection of those refugee camps that were being raidedpeople being raped and killed. such as the land Vietnamese. The Appropriations Committee did that. I am not going to start here and excuse the attack on the voluntary organizations. that somehow they are a bunch of bureaucrats protecting their jobs. Let me tell you. Mr. President. we would not have been this successful over the period of our refugee program in Southeast Asia if it had not been for the support and the undergirding of those auxiliary groups of volunteer organizations. Mr. President. anybody who is familiar with volunteer organizationsand I happen to have served on the board of a couple of them myself and I can speak from firsthand informationunderstands that the volunteer organizations are always seeking money just to stay alive to do the task for which they have been called.
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