President. I yield myself 2 minutes. When the Foreign Relations Committee first approved the authorization of $250 million for Pakistan refugee relief. it required that the money be taken out of other programsthe same as I propose with this amendment. But the committees action was later reversed through use of Senator MUNDTS proxy. For the last several years Congress has earmarked funds for population control programs-$125 million is earmarked for this fiscal year. Earmarking is an effective way for Congress to set priorities for the spending of foreign aid funds. Earmarking for refugee relief will force the executive branch to rethink its aid priorities and result in additional emphasis on the side of humanitarian aid. This is the only justification for foreign aid that makes sense to most American taxpayers. This approach will result in reducing the total in this bill for the regular foreign aid and military sales programs by $175 million. from $2.264 billion to $2.089 billion.