Mr. Speaker. pending in the Committee on Foreign Affairs is H.R. 13070 which my distinguished New York colleague and I introduced on February 2. 1972. which would authorize the Secretary of State to furnish assistance for the resettlement of Soviet Jewish refugees in Israel. This legislation would authorize funds. not to exceed $85.000.000. for the Secretary to furnish. on terms and conditions he considers appropriate. assistance to Israel for such direly needed things as housing. clothing. food. medical care. education and training. Mr. Speaker. many of us have been mislead to believe that the needs of the persecuted Jews who manage to emigrate are being adequately met. Although substantial assistance is provided refugees by United Jewish Appeal agencies. much more is required by these emigrants who. once they apply for exit permits. are invariably fired from their jobs and without income for extended periods. Most of the reasons which compel the Jews in Russia to seek emigration are familiar to all of us and have been eloquently recited in this chamber. However. one of the best compendiums of these has been prepared by the Niagara Frontier Council on Soviet Jewry in Buffalo. N.Y.. under the direction of council Chairman Mr.
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