SIMON. and I. introduced S. 814. the Indochinese Refugee Resettlement and Protection Act of 1987. This measure is a bridge until a repatriation agreement is adopted. It safeguards asylum for the refugees of the region. It commits the United States to a modest refugee resettlement program through the end of the decade. and it offers help to Thailand and our other friends who have given asylum to the refugees. I urge my colleagues to join in cosponsorship of that measure which I intend to offer as an agreement to the State Department or the Foreign Aid authorization measures when they come before the Senate. Time is of the essence. and as it stands. the plug has been pulled on the refugee program. and the United States is bedside. front and center. wringing its hands. expressing compassion. doing little and nothing. But again. the whole resolution of the refugee problem turns on U.S. involvement in the diplomatic process. not as bystanders dealing with the symptoms. but as activists working toward the solutions. Mr. President. let me close with the simple statement: I believe Ronald Reagan can go down in history as the President who put the Vietnam war behind the nation. and I believe this resolution proposes a bold. new step in that direction.
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