Given the Congressional Calendar. the additional delay the administration has suggested will be far longer than 4 months. and could stretch well into 1992. Soviet Jews have been arriving in Israel at the rate of about 20.000 a month. These refugees. seeking a new life outside of the Soviet Union. need jobs. housing. and the chance for an independence and secure life. Further delay in U.S. action will have enormous human costs. I believe the U.S. Government should act now. without further delay. Approval of the refugee guarantees is a humanitarian issue. which is separate and apart from the peace process. The fate of these refugees should not be held hostage to political differences. over which the refugees have no control. between Israel and the Arab nations. I support approval of the guarantees promptly. in the most cost effective way possible. Mr.
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