I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman. I commend the gentleman from Pennsylvania. . for bringing this important issue to the floor at this time. Our Select Committee on Narcotics had the opportunity of meeting with hundreds of Afghan elders at a refugee camp in Peshawar in Pakistan last January. We were highly impressed with their courage and devotion to their fight for freedom. Just this week I received a poignant appeal from the Committee for a Free Afghanistan. stating: On April 20 the Soviets launched their fifth major spring offensive in Afghanistan. The only difference between this years offensive and those of the past four years is a tremendous increase in the massive firepower being brought to bear against the Afghan people. and the fact that several major resistance centers in the country are being attacked simultaneously.