Mr. President. this bill represents a significant response by the American people to one of the most pressing international problems of our timethe plight of the worlds refugees. The migration and refugee assistance authorization doubles our countrys refugee relief program for the next 2 years. The Senate has demonstrated a special awareness and concern for the refugees current problems. Recently. I appointed Senator SASSER and Senator BAUCUS. who along with Senator DANFORTH composed a bipartisan Senate mission to view firsthand the conditions of the Cambodian refugees. The report these three Senators made on their return was a sobering one: nothing less than the fate of the Cambodian people and their civilization is at stake. But as the three Senators point out. despite the appalling need for relief among the Cambodian people. the Phnom Penh authorities have refused to let large shipments of aid into the country.
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