Speech #1040084333

I frankly resent some of the comments that were made earlier by speakers that somehow oil is influencing this vote. I frankly could not give a damn about that. What I care about is the fact that a million refugees are suffering a horrible and cruel fate. We have the means. by way of the language. the true humanitarian language. it may not have the surface appeal that this particular amendment has. but this language in the underlying bill that has been put there says. we can make differentiations. We can see when somebody is actually hurting and say. that over there. the government. as much as we despise them. is the only way that we can get that aid to the people who are suffering.