Only last fiscal year the Senate passed appropriations bill provided $225.777.000 for capitation grant authority to schools of medicine. osteopathy. dentistry. optometry. pharmacy. podiatry. veterinary medicine. and nursing. I am convinced that where there is an actual shortage of. for example. 30.000 physicians. based on the emperical data. exclusive of the Department of Health. Education. and Welfares unconscionable reliance upon noncitizen foreign medical graduatesFMGsto provide medical manpower. Congress should make every appropriate effort to increase our Nations medical schools capacity to increase enrollment and train qualified Americans to become physicians. My views with respect to the FMG issue are set forth in my January 17 and April 10. 1974 letters to Secretary Weinberger.
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