Mr. Speaker. it is appalling that Americans in any substantial number should be objecting to providing asylum and assistance for those Vietnamese who are fortunate enough to have escaped from South Vietnam and who fled because of their fear that they would be subjected to reprisals by the provisional revolutionary and North Vietnamese Communist governments. No matter whether one was in support of our military involvement in Vietnam or opposed as I have been. we have a moral obligation to provide assistance to Vietnamese and Cambodian refugees. considering the fact that it was our country that was in part responsible for extending their agony. The United States. notwithstanding the inequities that exist domestically and the mistakes that we have made in foreign policy. still sets an example for the rest of the world. particularly In its treatment of refugees. We can reaffirm our proud tradition of offering haven to the politically exiled by welcoming the refugees from Vietnamthese "new Americans." To this end. my colleague. Congressman PEYSER. and I have written to President Ford expressing our support for his request for humanitarian assistance. We have also today circulated for cosponsors in the House a resolution expressing support for the Presidents request.
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