Mr. Chairman. originally this impact aid or targeted assistance program was designed exclusively for the Cuban and the Haitian refugees in Florida. It was $19 million. It has been continued at that level ever since because that is what is needed there. It is great that we have added the pot up to $50 million. but there is absolutely no Justification for reducing the $19 million that was originally there that we have each year allocated to south Florida to the CubanHaitian impact area. We need to keep it there. If we want to expand it more. fine. but what is going to happen is south Florida is going to get next to nothing when you start spreading this around.
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