Perhaps some tough love and leaner times will help refocus the Egyptian government on Democratic reforms. While our funds are obviously finite. the need for true humanitarian assistance around the world is seemingly infinite. The World Food Program has recently had to cut rations for refugees in the Sudan due to a shortfall in funding. The global HIV/AIDS initiative is funded at $121 million below the Presidents request. I am sure that nearly all of us would rather see our taxpayers money used to support refugees and children orphaned by AIDS than used to throw dissidents and reporters into Egyptian jails. Just a day or two ago. I was arrested in front of the Sudanese Embassy as a result of all of the difficulty and the genocide and the instability taking place in Darfur. Certainly a little bit of additional money to help provide resources for those refugees. for those individuals whose lives are disrupted would go a long way. So I urge support for the Obey amendment.
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