Mr. President. I am pleased to rise today. along with my colleague. Senator ROBERT KASTEN. to offer an amendment which provides for $2 billion in absorption guarantees to Israel for each of 5 years. These guarantees will enable Israel to raise the capital needed to finance the resettlement costs of over 1 million new immigrants now arriving from the Soviet Union and Ethiopia. Mr. President. my colleague and I met with the President of the United States this morning and were asked to delay the parliamentary consideration of this amendment. We appreciate the position taken by the President in this matter. and we are. accordingly. prepared to fully discuss this matter with the President and his staff before its parliamentary consideration. we have. therefore. decided to go forward with the introduction of this proposal so that it might serve as a basis for discussion in the weeks ahead.
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