Chairman. I rise In opposition to the Bryant amendment and in support of the full package of military and economic aid for Israel. I was recently In Israel where I was fortunate enough to witness the largest airlift of refugees In history. Over 14.000 Ethiopian Jews were rescued from a wartorn and famineravaged land In less than 30 hours. The costs of this massive airlift combined with the cost of feeding. clothing. sheltering these refugees Is monumental. With the added responsibility of providing for hundreds of thousands of Soviet refugees. it Is clear that Israels economy Is being put to a severe test In her efforts to provide sanctuary to Jewish refugees the world over. The Bryant amendment withholds aid to Israel under the pretense that Israel Is the main obstacle to peace in the Middle East. This is simply not true.
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