Chairman. if I might engage the distinguished gentleman from Arizona. I think the amendment can be interpreted in the way the gentleman has offered. but I think it can be interpreted in the way I have offered it. The problem is as we visited. first of all I want to thank Chad for what it has offered to the refugees and. of course. refugee resettlement efforts with the United Nations. where Chad is hosting the United Nations and welcoming them for the many refugee camps that are there. But there is a terrible economic burden on Chad as well. and this is simply language that suggests that we are monitoring or ensuring that our funds are being used to. in fact. provide for those refugees who are in fear of their lives. Now. I would be happy if the gentleman would work with me to include this in report language. so that we would have at least that protection from what might happen or what might be thought of or what might cause. if you will. some sort of pressure to return those refugees because of the economic imbalance. When we were there. though Chad was very hospitable. and all of us have gone to Chad and gone through Chad to go to Sudan. but if. for example. the financial burden became so extensive. then there might be some pressure. Mr. Chairman. [ 2045 So I would hope that we find common ground to realize that it is a concern. I would not have brought it to the floor if it was not. I think it is an important point to make. that we understand the brutality that these refugees have experienced. and because they have experienced such devastation. we want to cross the Ts and dot the Is. So that was the explanation I wanted to make. If I can work to get a commitment on precise report language. which I think answers the concern. then I think that that is a way of addressing a definitive concern that I saw. and I think it is real. and I think my interpretation clarifies that it is not in any way undermining the funding for the U.N. Refugee Resettlement Program. but it is to make clear that even if there is an economic burden on the host country. in this instance.
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