Jim Kolbe said "The Salvadoran people are wonderful people. I have known many of them in my own community and had one of them who came as a refugee from Salvador as an intern working for me and is today one of my very close friends. They are wonderful people, and they deserve all the help we can give them; and I hope we will be able to give them support and even more support than perhaps is in this bill. But I would note that we do have the $100 million, and while $25 million may come from current assistance accounts, the rest is money that would be added. So I do think that we are making a good start in helping El Salvador." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJuly 24, 2001

The Salvadoran people are wonderful people. I have known many of them in my own community and had one of them who came as a refugee from Salvador as an intern working for me and is today one of my very close friends. They are wonderful people, and they deserve all the help we can give them; and I hope we will be able to give them support and even more support than perhaps is in this bill. But I would note that we do have the $100 million, and while $25 million may come from current assistance accounts, the rest is money that would be added. So I do think that we are making a good start in helping El Salvador.

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Jim Kolbe

Arizona

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing support for El Salvador during a floor speech.

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