Mr. LSAHY. who ably represented the Senate throughout these negotiations. and was very helpful to me in the face of my own difficult schedule. It is fitting that we are poised to pass the final hurdle toward enactment of the loan guarantees for Israel to help absorb Jewish immigrants the day before Yom Kippur. I have been asked who will administer the Israeli loan program. It is expected that the Agency for International Developments Housing Investment Guarantee Office will administer these guarantees. In my view. it is important that they do so. as they have expertise based on previous experience with the $400 million guarantee provided to Israel earlier. Obviously. the State Department will have a strong policy role. but the expertise needed to administer the guarantees and loans is AIDs. This milestone in our policy visavis Soviet Jewish refugees is an important one for United States foreign policy and for the thousands who will be helped as a result of our action. There are many who deserve thanks and appreciation for their assistance throughout this effort. but I would like to bring to the fore the memory of our esteemed late colleague. Senator Scoop JACKSON. who laid much of the foundation for his success. years ago.
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