Speech #1020030851

To do otherwise would likely cause a sequester on all domestic discretionary programs and this would cut into our domestic discretionary outlays in fiscal year 1992 and beyond. Mr. President. this dire emergency supplemental appropriations bill supports the policy of the United States. to provide emergency relief. support and relocation of the Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq. This unusual. but absolutely necessary and commendable action. swiftly put into place by the Department of Defense. has been joined in by many other nations--a wide combination of nations. including our coalition partners in Desert Storm. but also other nations. international private relief organizations and the United Nations. The care. feeding. sheltering. medical relief. and counseling of some half a million Kurds in the high mountains on the IraqTurkish border have been accomplished through a professional. humane. and even heroic effort by United States military forces.