Mr. President. it Is a privilege for me to join Senator KASTEN in offering this bipartisan response to the urgent need for famine relief In Africa. We believe there Is broad support In Congress for an Immediate increase in the amount of food. medicine. and other relief now being sent to refugees and famine victims in Africa. Having Just returned from Ethiopia and Sudan. where the situation is especially critical. I know that the need Is enormousand that America can make an enormous difference in saving lives and reducing the dimensions of this monumental tragedy. Since the precise dollar level is difficult to establish because of the changIng circumstances in the field. we have fashioned an openended urgent supplemental appropriations bill to give the President sufficient flexibility to meet the need. while also maintaining congressional oversight.
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