Speech #960105135

Let me tell the Members who is tired. The American people are tired. The American taxpayers axe tired because the American taxpayers realize that in this same bill appropriating this over $300 million to take care of refugees created by Vietnam. in what our chairman says was an excessive denial of human rights. and he is so right. in this very same bill we are appropriating American tax dollars that will go to that very same repressive government of Vietnam who is creating the situation that is requiring us to spend this more than a billion dollars on Indochinese refugees. A little bit later in this bill the Members will have an opportunity to take care of the other side of this. I am not going to oppose this addition of $207 million to help people that cannot help themselves. but the Members are going to see a strong effort made to make sure that no other American tax dollar appropriated by this bill today goes to Vietnam through our AID programs or through the United Nations development programs. or through the World Bank or the Asian Development Bank or any other international institution to which we contribute. If the Members feel strongly about caring for these refugees. look at the other side. look at the bad guys that are creating the situation that makes these refugees. When that opportunity comes to prevent any possible use of American money to help the Vietnamese Government. votewith me to stop it.