I want to thank the gentleman from California for his statement. which I think lays out what this bill is all about and why these cuts are undesirable. Mr. Chairman. as the gentleman from California mentioned. it Is particularly undesirable in terms of the migration and refugee accounts because. as we all know. this is a problem which has at least doubled in the course of the last decade. Whereas we were looking at 8 million refugees and displaced people in 1980. we are looking at over 15 million even before the Persian Gulf situation erupted. Now. of course. we are facing even more. Mr. Chairman. I would also point out to Members that in addition to trying to deal with the Persian Gulf situation. the Armenians. the various Asian situations. oneeighth of these dollars go to assist the emigration of Soviet Jews. This is a cause to which Just about every Member of this House subscribed during the 1970s and 1980s. We worked very hard to see that that happy day would come when Soviet Jews would finally be able to leave the Soviet Union. given the risks that they were facing there and under new circumstances they are now facing.
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