I thank the chairman for yielding. Two points I would like to make to the sponsors and supporters of this amendment. which I oppose. First. their efforts would be better served by correcting the outrageous situation regarding our refugee policies where we shortchange State and local governments in reimbursements for the costs of our refugee program. We have the worst possible situation where the Federal Government has a policy that says we welcome refugees. and then we do not compensate Florida. Texas. California. New York. places where the refugees tend to congregate. for the cost of those programs. Second. to fight. to make sure that the money that we appropriated that
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