Political Quotes

“I want to say some good words about something that very few people say in a positive fashion and that is the AID supplement that goes on by our State Department in handling disastrous areas and helping develop countries that need all the assistance in the world. As I am chairman of the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee, I have been heavily involved in Central and South America for 35 years, and I have watched AID build and construct efforts on growing democracy in all of these areas, as well as trying to take care of people who are starving. It is hard to believe it, but in Venezuela after the floods killed close to 50,000 to 75,000, AID was there immediately to supply equipment for fresh water, to help supply foods, to help supply all of the necessary things to rebuild that country. In Honduras, AID helped build, at least I know I was involved with them in 3,000 homes that they helped build, and to rebuild their banana crops which were completely destroyed. In El Salvador after the earthquake that people may or may not remember, AID furnished a hospital in the area that had been completely just about wiped out by landslides caused by the earthquake, and also helped to rebuild the homes that were destroyed in the countryside of El Salvador.”