The President said it was too high and that we should cut it. The committee has cut and adjusted downward many. many items. but we have not adjusted this item and have left it at $5 million. One of the reasons why the administration feels that this program should not go through is that many of the migrant workers are now part of the mainstream of American citizens. many of them have permanent housing. and many of them can come into the various programs. For example. we have the rural housing program. which provides direct loans of $20 million. For insured loans for rural housing. we have provided $2.232 million. So. there are other housing programs which would help migrant workers. We should keep in mind that this program is 90percent grant. In other words. if it costs $10.000 to build a house for a migrant worker. $9.000 of that is granted by the Federal Government. The $9.000 is given outright. So we can see how costly this program is.
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Many migrant workers are now part of the mainstream of American citizens and have permanent housing.