Session #96 · 1979–81

Speech #960229534

The Presidents request is $10.1 billion. There is no way for Congress to live within the-$9.3 billion total proposed by this amendment. a reduction from the Presidents request of $800 million. without reducing programs such as Public Law 480 or the ExportImport Bank. the State Department programs or security assistance to the Middle East. As the table I placed in the RECORD on May 5 on page 9854 shows. the Presidents proposal for development assistance. other than Public Law 480 food aid and refugee programs. would result in only about $300 million in fiscal outlays in fiscal 1981. If there were no new appropriations for the remaining development programs listed in that table. and I am not suggesting that we should cut them all out but I am merely giving an example. then the Pressler amendment would still require cuts of $500 million elsewhere. Where are we going to find $500 million? As I indicated on May 5. the committees assumption that current lower levels will prevail for most nonsecurity programs already suggests that some reductions from the Presidents request will be necessary in Public Law 480 food aid. and in U.S. contributions to international organizations. But current law levels for these programs are less than $200 million below the Presidents budget. To live with the amendment then Congress would have to go below the fiscal 1980 level for programs such as Public Law 480 food aid or State Department and consular services or the ExportImport Bank or refugee programs. It just cannot come out of the World Bank or the Agency for International Development. More popular programs. effective programs.
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refugee

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Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
ERNEST HOLLINGS
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
SC
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
960229534
Paragraph
#2
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