I cannot believe what I just heard from the previous speaker. He referred to the problem of unfunded mandates. If he Is so concerned about those unfunded mandates. why did he oppose my amendment in the Committee on Rules that would have required that for all refugees who come into this country. that the Federal Government assume the full cost of educating and training those refugees. rather than dumping those very same costs onto the local units of government? I would also like to know why they refused to support the idea that we ought to have the Federal Government provide for the education costs. rather than dumping those costs. as we do now for legal refugees. onto the backs of local school districts. I know I am talking about legal refugees. as opposed to illegal immigrants. but the fact is every time a refugee is allowed into this country. that is a foreign policy decision made by the national Government. Why should local governments be stuck with meeting the costs of those foreign policy decisions?
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