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Sam Brownback
@sambrownback· Republican · KS· May 6, 2004

If you think you can get it into legislation, I am fine. I just think that is a bridge too far at this point in time.

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Sam Brownback
@sambrownback· Republican · KS· May 6, 2004

Yes. You will hear from Clay Johnson, we have already got one set of standards that have been put forward by this PART review.

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Sam Brownback
@sambrownback· Republican · KS· May 6, 2004

Absolutely. It is not the bigger share of it, as I noted in my presentation. But I think we have a credibility gap for us to be able to take on.

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Sam Brownback
@sambrownback· Republican · KS· May 6, 2004

We thought it was too big of a bite to take, that if we got to this portion of the Federal budget, 25 percent was a good start.

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Sam Brownback
@sambrownback· Republican · KS· May 6, 2004

I applaud your willingness to address this issue. This is one of those issues that most people just duck away from.

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Sam Brownback
@sambrownback· Republican · KS· May 6, 2004

Senator Moynihan taught me before he left the Senate that we have rarely found a way to change something in government until we find a way to measure it.

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Sam Brownback
@sambrownback· Republican · KS· May 6, 2004

I would suggest that. If others do not want to leave that up to a commission and want to have a more prescriptive nature from Congress, I can see doing that.

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Sam Brownback
@sambrownback· Republican · KS· May 6, 2004

We put forward a series of tests in the legislation.

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Sam Brownback
@sambrownback· Republican · KS· Feb 12, 2004

This is not a terrorist population that a lot of people are reviewing.

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Sam Brownback
@sambrownback· Republican · KS· Feb 12, 2004

It seems to run counter to where the trend line is going or should be going for us to further this relationship.

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Sam Brownback
@sambrownback· Republican · KS· Feb 12, 2004

this is a serious matter, it isn't about destabilizing Vietnam

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Sam Brownback
@sambrownback· Republican · KS· Feb 12, 2004

the progress really does need--we need to see progress in these areas as well

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Sam Brownback
@sambrownback· Republican · KS· Feb 12, 2004

We will put that in the record if that is acceptable to you to put in the record and it won't hurt them further.

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Sam Brownback
@sambrownback· Republican · KS· Feb 12, 2004

I think those are excellent. Again, as I noted, we have a refugee limit that's much higher than what we've been fulfilling the last couple of years.

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Sam Brownback
@sambrownback· Republican · KS· Feb 12, 2004

Well, I appreciate yours, because you're representing millions, billions of people around the world just yearning to think freely.

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Sam Brownback
@sambrownback· Republican · KS· Feb 12, 2004

Good. Gentlemen, thank you very much. I appreciate you coming up, and I appreciate your work on a vital relationship.

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Sam Brownback
@sambrownback· Republican · KS· Feb 12, 2004

Our goal is not to impose a designation or sanctions. Our goal is to see greater religious freedom

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Sam Brownback
@sambrownback· Republican · KS· Feb 12, 2004

this will create a major impediment if it's not addressed, and I think it's pretty simple to address.

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