Undoubtedly. some will say that in certain instances the committees judgments were too harsh. but we have triedsuccessfully. I believeto meld American selfinterest with compassion. One of the larger items in the bill recommended by the committee is $456 million for refugee assistance. 74 percent of this is for the "boat people" fleeing repression in Southeast Asia. For the socalled functional development assistance accountsthe core of the U.S. bilateral assistance programthe committee has allowed only $12 million more than was appropriated last year. We recognize that the need for increased assistance is great. but the committee found that many of the projects and programs. which were proposed to meet that need. were not justified.