His amendment is prudent. wise. essential. and necessary. Two elements of that program are worthy of note. One of them deals with the assistance to refugees. This country is now leaching out to provide $250 million of assistance to refugees because of the PakistanIndia situationI should say Pakistan situation because this is not an action of India but an action of the Government of West Pakistan in East Bengal that resulted in the exodus of nver 9 million refugees. We have stepped up to help those refugees. We cannot do less for refugees that have been created as a result of our allied actions in South Vietnam in providing for assistance and help to these homeless people. We have carried on militaiy actions there in carrying out a policy of putting South Vietnam in a position to be able to defend itself. that created many refugees and we cannot cut out funds that support those programs. It would be unthinkable to me also. when I have heard time after time and year after year Members of this body call upon the Government of South Vietnam to make its own Government responsive to the people of South Vietnam. to then pull the rug out from under one of the most fundamental programs we have encouraged South Vietnam to institute. We know in this country. when through the FHA in the last 30 years we have moved from a country with onethird homeowners to a country of twothird homeowners. how people love to own their own homes and the soil on which they reside.
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