On the recordJuly 25, 1996
I urge Senators to understand what has happened as we have allowed ourselves to be captured by our rhetoric. The irony is that during the Reagan administration, I recall Senators still in this body who would say they strongly applaud President Reagan's efforts to curtail foreign aid. And yet, of course, President Reagan supported nearly $25 billion in foreign aid. Now that same rhetoric, they say, 'We have to do something; now that the Clinton administration is here the foreign aid has risen.' Well it is now down around $10 or $11 billion under the current administration. At some point, we should stop the rhetoric and face the reality. The fact of the matter is we have interests worldwide. If we want to have a fortress America, we should make that decision.
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