At some point their displacement is going to lead them to be refugees, and when it leads them to be refugees, we are going to even have a more significant crisis.

the answer has to be unequivocally yes. And until we stop the killing, we are not going to be able to be doing justice to the people on the ground or to the values that we all stand for.

So with the administration's announcement that they will move up to 85,000 total refugees

As someone who comes from a community that were refugees to the United States, I have a very strong appreciation of the willingness of the country to accept those who are fleeing for whatever the reasons.

But I also understand that at the core of the problem, as Ms. Lindborg says in her testimony, that the most generous contribution of the United States only scratches the surface.

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I am convinced that if there was a reauthorization put on the floor, it would have a robust support, because it passed 99 to zero when it was authored.