Coincidentally. Mr. Speaker. a memorandum dated April 24 from administration officials to the President calls attention to a national total of 130.000 unneeded beds costing the country $1 billion and the Federal Government $1.1 billion annually. The memorandum then suggests that construction of Federal hospitals be sharply curtailed and unused beds in the private sector be used for veterans hospitalization under a contract agreement. Mr. Speaker. if this administration sees 130.000 unused beds in the Nation. why cannot some of these beds be used for the hospitalization of Cuban refugees. It is unconscionable. Mr. Speaker. to open Veterans Administration hospitals to persons who are not even citizens of the United States. while in some areas. veterans are denied admission to VA facilities because of the unavailability of a bed.
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