On the recordOctober 17, 2003
Let me use this 1 minute to address another issue, and that is to commend the United States Senate for adopting an amendment yesterday similar to one debated here on this floor. That amendment says that half the money being used to rebuild Iraq will be in the form of loans. That is an important decision by the United States Senate. The Senate version of that amendment was, I think, crafted in a more sophisticated manner than we were able to offer here on this floor given the House rules. I think that amendment might have passed this House, and in any case I urge our conferees to recede to the Senate on the issue of a $9 billion loan, $9 billion gift to rebuild Iraq.
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