I was very concerned earlier in the year when the House failed to act to reduce interest rates for certain disaster victims in my own State. and others throughout the country. We provide assistance for earthquake victims in Nicaragua. Cambodian refugees. which I supported. Vietnamese refugees. medical care for poor children. housing for lowincome people. yet it seems that we throw administrative difficulties and high interest rates in the way of disaster victims. I consider it very important that we should set standards of eligibility in interest rates which are equitable and fair and not burdened with redtape. By this disaster program. we ought to be restructuring local economies to restore them to their full vigor. to restore the lives of millions of Americans who are taxpaying. productive citizens.
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