Mr. President. a recent and welcome development is the apparent willingness of the Soviet Government to permit the departure of more Jewish refugees. Already this year. the number of Soviet Jews departing the Soviet Union has far exceeded previous estimates for the entire year. Many of these refugees have relatives and other ties to the United States. and are therefore being received in this country. The principal resettlement program which for the past several years has assisted these refugees is the Matching Grant Program administered by the Office of Refugee Resettlement within the Department of Health and Human Services. HHS has requested of the Office of Management and Budget that $2 million of available discretionary funds be reprogrammed into the Matching Grant Program to meet this new demand. Regrettably.
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