Speaker. if my friend will yield further to me. there is another point that I think is significant prior to the U.S. Congress voting down Contra aid. At that time the U.S. Embassy in Managua was receiving requests for 30 to 40 visas to come to the United States per week. The U.S. Congress turned its back on the Contras immediately. starting that week. The Embassy started receiving requests for 300 to 400 visas per week to come to this country. If we as a society do not realize that the future of our country is interdependent with the future of the Central American countries. we are fooling ourselves. Mr.