Mr. President. after telling Congress and the American people that "all of us can be proud of the administrations record" in committing $158 million in aid to the Bengali people. the administration has relunctantly revealed that $97 million of those commitments were canceled. These statistics confirm earlier findings of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Refugees. But what pride can there be in a record of nondeliveries. bureaucratic delays. and inefficiency in allocating humanitarian assistance for the Bengali people. whose needs wereand remaingreat? Mr. President. the administration has a sorry record in responding to human needs in Bangladesh. They have oversold and overannounced their program.
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