Mr. President. this resolution is straightforward. It simply puts the United States Senate on record in support of loan guarantees to Israel for refugee absorption. Earlier today. the Senate considered the continuing resolution on foreign aid and that passed. as it was expected to. I am sorry that that bill did not include loan guarantees for Israel. But due. as we heard from several speakers. to the administrations objection. it did not. Mr. President. I met for many hours over these last few days with colleagues in the Senate exploring various options on this critical issue. We went through them one by one and they all led to one unalterable conclusion.