I thank the distinguished Senator from New York. As chairman of the Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs. I am glad to join in urging the Senate to pass S. 1668. and its amendments. which authorize additional funds for refugee assistance in fiscal years 1980 and 1981. The bill also authorizes the President to use up to $30.000.000 in funds already authorized for foreign aid in support of an internationally supervised program to provide food and medical assistance to the people of Cambodia. Just a few weeks ago. my subcommittee held hearings in which we had Ambassador Dick Clark. who has been working on the refugee problem. and Assistant Secretary for the Far East for Far Eastern Affairs. Dick Holbrooke. with us to discuss this whole refugee situation and its underlying causes. and several key points emerged. The first was that war and famine now endanger the lives of 2 to 3 million Cambodians. Unless the international community acts quickly. the Cambodiansalready decimated by the massacres of the Pol Pot regimemay virtually cease to exist as a people.