Roger Wicker said "When I think of the benefit that we could have had in the United States not to be faced with this refugee crisis, the benefit to Europe if we had given Syrians a place where they could live in their own country safely, away from these barrel bombs and the--and these attacks on civilians, it just seems to me that the benefit of doing so, even now, but certainly having done so over time, would have been so enormous that it would have justified whatever cost we might have had to risk." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMay 20, 2015

When I think of the benefit that we could have had in the United States not to be faced with this refugee crisis, the benefit to Europe if we had given Syrians a place where they could live in their own country safely, away from these barrel bombs and the--and these attacks on civilians, it just seems to me that the benefit of doing so, even now, but certainly having done so over time, would have been so enormous that it would have justified whatever cost we might have had to risk.

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Roger Wicker

Republican · Mississippi

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Editor's note · Context

Wicker emphasizes the potential benefits of providing safe zones for Syrians to avoid a refugee crisis.

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