In an effort to alleviate a situation so corrosive and deleterious to the economic future of Dade County. on March 13. 1963. I introduced H.R. 4848 which goes one step further than the administrative action which I have been calling for. for so long. Congress has heretofore. at my request. recognized the problem of the Cuban refugees as one for national concern. This House. and I am grateful to each one of my colleagues. and this Congress have approved the authorizations and the appropriations for Health. Education. and Welfare and other costs for the care of the Cuban refugees. Without this program. the whole cost would fall on local resources which are already strained to the limit. I am now. today. again calling. urging. and requesting the sympathetic and favorable consideration of my colleagues in this legislative body to continue their recognition of the impact and economic distress caused by the residence of approximately 150.000 refugees in the district which I represent. and the adjoining one. as still of national concern. I call the problem again to the attention of this House because the problem has not yet been completely resolved. Severe unemployment still existsalmost 13 percent.
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