Mr. Speaker. I was one of those who voted against the administrations request for millions of dollars to take care of the South Vietnamese and Cambodian refugees on an extended basis here. I did so because a poll of my constituents revealed them to be 4to1 against this expenditure at a time when so many Americans are out of work and in need. But now that Congress has provided $405 million for refugee resettlement and opened the way for supplemental appropriation requests if such are deemed necessary. I have this suggestion to make. Why not deduct these funds from the money we already have authorized for helping others through the foreign aid program? The refugees should be looked upon as a universal responsibility. They are coming here supposedly to escape a bloodbath at the hands of the Communists who have taken over their homelands. As such. they have a claim on the mercy and generosity. so we are told. of all humane peoples.
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