And I wanted to just kind of get it off my chest. Mr. President. it deals with some people who come to this country from Kuwait under a refugee parole status. and we in Maryland have accepted three planeloads of people who came under these most difficult and arduous circumstances. The people of Maryland have opened up our State and our communities with a spirit of generosity. knowing that they have gone through a terrible upheaval. Our Governor has moved with his usual quick step to make sure that they had housing and shelter arrangements. and we thought we were doing our share and kind of following the philosophy of Lady Liberty that is intrinsic to our State. But when I picked up a local Baltimore paper today. I found out that 60 of the refugees or parolees did not like what we did for them. We had them staying at a local hotel down by the Inner Harbor for a few nights. and then they were moved to a shelter in one of our suburbs. a facility used ordinarily to care for some of our homeless or some of our battered spouses that I know the Senator from Illinois has been advocating for. and they did not like it. They said it was not what they were used to. One of the refugee parolees. with her MBA. said it was not what she was used to in Kuwait. She had to walk down the hall to a bathroom. Mr.
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