Chairman. I rise in support of the gentleman from Floridas amendment. I believe that the gentlemans amendment will go a long way toward alleviating the immediate fiscal burden of those States and localities with Cuban and Haitian refugee populations as well as providing immediate humanitarian assistance to these refugees. I would hope that the President will allocate these funds equitably between Haitian and Cuban refugees. I would urge him to report to the Congress. at the end of fiscal year 1980. on how these funds were used to provide assistance to both groups of refugees. I hope that he will also move to grant these refugees a status which is consistent with the policies and law promulgated by the new Refugee Act of 1980. Mr. Chairman.
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