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And let me say one thing further. Practically all of these are worldwide organizations. To say that somehow the suffering of these refugees in these camps has to be maintained as a way for Volags to hold their jobs or to maintain their bureaucracy I think is not an accurate assessment. because if they were through with refugee work in Southeast Asia. there would be plenty of need in other parts of the world. The Senator is absolutely right when he says there are many parts of the world hurting today with refugees for whom we cannot respond at all. it is not just Southeast Asia. That is very true. The American Council for Nationalities Service. American Fund for Czechoslovak Refugees. Church World Service. Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. International Catholic Migration Commission. International Rescue Committee. Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service. Migration and Refugee ServicesU.S. Catholic Conference. PolishAmerican Immigration and Relief Committee. Presiding Bishops Fund for World Relief/Episcopal Church. Refugees International. Save the Children Federation. Tolstoy Foundation. and World Relief of the National Association of Evangelicals. this is the list of those who see the necessity of this amendment. Some of them are there in Southeast Asia. others not. But they have a comprehension of the problems facing refugees at large. the worldwide problem. and they feel the necessity of this simple senseoftheSenate resolution. They have indicated their support. I think we ought to be saluting these people for their marvelous humanitarian contributions rather than to give the impression that somehow they are bureaucrats only interested in the maintenance of their employment or their job. trafficking in refugees. Mr. President. yes. this is a special area of the world. and I am sure the Senator from Wyoming would not deny we have a special relationship with the countries of Southeast Asia. I need not raise the bloody shirt again of a very. very tragic war in which we were involved that triggered the kind of problem we are facing today as it relates to refugees in Southeast Asia. Yes. it is a special consideration. Yes. it is because it is a special part of the world with a very special relationship with the United States and a certain commitment of the United States from long ago. that we have granted special treatment and preference to those refugees for over a decade. Eight hundred thousand. yes. the Senator is correct. but. Mr.