[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Pages 3181-3182]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS


                            WORLD COMPASSION

  Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I know my friend from Kentucky played the 
key role in conference negotiations on

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H.R. 4818, the FY 2005 foreign operations appropriations bill, which 
were completed last year, and I ask if he is aware of language that was 
contained in the House report regarding World Compassion's activities 
in Afghanistan.
  Mr. McCONNELL. My staff informs me that the House report encouraged 
the State Department to review a proposal from this organization.
  Mr. INHOFE. My colleagues should know that as a supporter of this 
group, I continue to encourage the State Department to consider a 
proposal from World Compassion. This organization's ``Shelter, Support, 
and Skills Training for Afghan Refugee and Displaced Widows and 
Orphans'' Program is an integrated plan that addresses the special 
needs of widows and their children, many of whom are refugees and 
internally displaced persons. The program provides shelter, access to 
clean water, psychosocial support and skills training to enable widows 
to gain the personal dignity of self-sufficiency.
  I would also point out that village leaders have agreed to cooperate 
with World Compassion on this project. World Compassion has a long, 
successful track record of working with Afghanis in other programs to 
provide for their basic needs, and it is my hope that the State 
Department will help them continue to do so.
  Mr. McCONNELL. I appreciate my friend taking the time to highlight 
the activities of World Compassion and hope that the State Department 
acts on the recommendations from the House report.

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