Speaker. I would say to my colleague that this resolution was introduced by myself and the gentleman from New York . It is a bipartisan resolution the purpose of which is to express the sense of the House with respect to the emergency situation now involving the Indochinese refugees. The thrust of the resolution is that the United States ought to do everything possible to help the refugees and alleviate the refugee crisis. The goals of this resolution are. first. to help the countries of first asylum by advocating the immediate movement of approved refugees in camps to the United States. thereby encouraging them to continue to provide sanctuary for the refugees and. second. to help the refugees themselves by advocating their rescue on the high seas. Passage of this resolution also will strengthen the hand of the United States at Geneva.
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