Byron Dorgan: “But I hope someone in this Chamber will take it upon themselves to explain to those who are sick and to the hungry…”

“But I hope someone in this Chamber will take it upon themselves to explain to those who are sick and to the hungry children who are dying that this can't be done because there was a point of order in the Senate at 11 o'clock at night in consideration of this bill. The fact is we have already made this decision. This is not a partisan issue. We have made this decision previously. The Senate said we will provide $500 million to try to provide assistance to those who are devastated by HIV and devastated by malnutrition and hunger. We have already made that decision in the Senate. It was cut to $250 million in conference. Let us again decide that this emergency problem cries out for our response and not for a claim of a point of order. This is talking about feeding hungry people who are devastated by famine and who are ravaged by HIV and AIDS. This deserves our support, and deserves it tonight.”