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Bill Lee: “We are turning the heat up on this. We have been nice and we have played many, many roles in trying to let Haiti live.…”

On the recordApril 30, 2003
We are turning the heat up on this. We have been nice and we have played many, many roles in trying to let Haiti live. And we are going to become even more aggressive on this because I think after what we have heard tonight, I think the people in our country are going to begin to question our policies and why we are holding up $146 million. What that means in light of the fact that we are, yes, we should be doing this, building a universal health care system in Iraq and providing quality public education for people in Iraq. And yet, here in a country right next door and in our own country we cannot find the resources to help people of African decent. And that is a very important point, I think, that I want to leave tonight with in this body.
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Bill Lee
Republican · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Addressing U.S. policy and aid to Haiti during a discussion on international assistance.

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