On the recordDecember 12, 2013
As we can all hear from the discussion here this afternoon, this is a very, very important bill and a very, very much needed bill. We have the most generous people in the world in the United States. We need to give help to this island which has been so devastated, which is really very near us geographically, and where we have many ties, particularly now, with the burgeoning Haitian American population as well. This is humanitarian. This is really what is right. This personifies and I think typifies the good intentions of this Congress and of our Nation. I am proud to play a part in this. I want to again thank Barbara Lee for all her hard work and thank Chairman Royce for, as we always say, a bipartisan effort. This is truly bipartisan and truly something of which we can all be proud. I urge a ``yes'' vote, and I yield back the balance of my time.
