He has proposed H.R. 9840 for the planning and development of programs to provide highquality educational opportunities for children from nonEnglishspeaking homes. including pilot projects to test the effectiveness of such plan and the development and dissemination of special instructional materials for use in bilingual education programs. I was honored to cosponsor this measure. Mr. Speaker. this legislation has great importance for my own county. where there are currently 200.000 Cuban refugee children enrolled in the Dade County public schools. and 300 more seeking admission each month. I strongly support the proposed bill. and would like at this time to insert into the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD a copy of my testimony: