Mr. Chairman. I offer this amendment in order to increase the amount of humanitarian assistance that is available for the refugees in the Balkans. We have disagreements in many areas here. but one thing we all agree on and the American people are interested in is to provide humanitarian assistance to the refugees. With the passage of the Latham amendment we have some breathing room. some headroom in the foreign operations programs. and my amendment takes $67 million from the Latham amendment activity and adds it to the AID disaster assistance account in order to meet the emerging needs in Kosovo including the provision. and emphasizing the provision. of food. As my colleagues know. both the Obey amendments had a provision for $175.000 for additional humanitarian assistance. and Mr.
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