Mr. Chairman. I am sympathetic with the purposes of this amendment. but it really has bothered me for a number of years that we continue to appropriate very substantial sums of money for the Cuban refugee program of 22 years ago. In fact. there is $53 million in the 1980 bill. and they are asking for another $44 million in 1981 for those refugees who came in some 20 years ago. I would like to address this question to the author of the amendment. my colleague. the gentleman from Florida. Could we receive the support of the Florida delegation for a more rapid phasing out of this old refugee assistance if we are going to provide new refugee assistance to them in this amount of money?
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