During the long and difficult debate on the 1981 budget. the need for additional funds for essential programs has reached a critical point. We can afford to wait no longer. and I strongly urge my colleagues to join in swift passage of the legislation before us today. The list of important programs disrupted by the delay in congressional action on supplemental funding is familiar to all of usdisaster assistance. aid to laidoff workers under the Trade Adjustment Assistance Act. military fuel costs and retirement benefits. student loan support. refugee assistance. and energy programs. For some programs. this delay has only postponed final approval of Government grants. Unfortunately. in many other areas. families throughout the Nation are now going without the very benefits on which they rely to cope with natural disasters or temporary joblessness.