Mr. President. over the last several months we have heard a great deal from administration spokesmen about how much the United States has contributed to humanitarian relief programs in South Asia and Bangladesh. We have been told that "all of us can be proud" of the administrations record in "giving generously and promptly" to the massive relief needs of the refugees and others in distress. But the actual record shows a more complicated story. A close analysis of the administrations list of contributions reveals that all too often they reflect nothing more than a transfer of earlier commitments from one account to another. Furthermore. after public inquiries by the Subcommittee on Refugees as to the actual amount of humanitarian aid delivered to the Bengali people over the past year. the administration was forced to admit on March 15 that $97 million of the $158 million worth of aid previously announced by the President was in fact canceled. What pride. Mr.
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