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On the recordSeptember 26, 2018
All countries, including the United States, have a moral obligation to help those who flee persecution and catastrophe and are in desperation.
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Henry Cuellar
Democratic · Texas
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congress.gov

Editor's note · Context

Cuellar stresses the moral duty to assist refugees fleeing Venezuela.

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