[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11812]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       DEMAND ACTION ON H.R. 4594

  (Mr. BLUMENAUER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, I just shared with the Speaker that the 
battle to save the lives of Afghans who helped Americans as guides and 
interpreters has been a roller coaster, documented again Wednesday 
night in a gripping film, ``The Interpreters,'' by VICE News, about the 
American failure to protect those who helped us.
  The program was brought back to life during the difficult government 
shutdown period by a bipartisan effort. Now that same bipartisan spirit 
is needed again, because only a few hundred visas remain with 6,000 
people in the pipeline, with thousands more who must not be left to the 
tender mercies of the Taliban seeking revenge to torture and kill them.
  It is the moral obligation of every Member of Congress to protect the 
men and women who helped Americans, who protected us in some of the 
most difficult of circumstances.
  Please don't just cosponsor H.R. 4594; demand action before we 
adjourn. Lives are at stake.

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