I want to commend the chairman of the Foreign Operations Subcommittee for the very fair and bipartisan manner in which he has brought this bill forward. I will save my comments on the substance of the conference report for the general debate. However. I do want to make clear that we had a tough job taking this bill through conference. The very low initial allocation in the House was compounded by a low conference allocation that cut the Presidents request by $2 billion. I would have preferred to increase funding levels for many of the important programs contained in this bill. including refugee assistance. However. I do think this conference report represents a fair. bipartisan. bicameral compromise.