Madam President. I commend Senator LEAHY. chairman of the Foreign Operations Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee. for including an additional $20 million for Iraqi refugees in the continuing resolution. More than 3 million Iraqis have been displaced from their homes. and many of them have fled the country. America has a special obligation to help them and the neighboring countries in meeting their needs. The UNHCR has made an international appeal for $60 million to deal with this emerging crisis. and the United States plans to provide $20 million to that appeal. Our invasion of Iraq led to this crisis. and we have a clear responsibility to do more to ease it. We should provide at least half the funding for this $60 million appeal to help this growing refugee population. I believe $10 million of the funds in this bill should be for the UNHOR appeal. in an effort to raise the total U.S. contribution to $30 million. Is that the chairmans intent?
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