I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman. the amendment which I am offering with my good friends from Washington and New York simply shifts $50 million from military aid for Pakistan to the Emergency Refugee and Mitigation Assistance Account. It would leave $250 million in Pakistani military aid. the same level that appeared in the chairwomans original mark. In many areas of Federal spending. Congress has to make tough choices amongst important competing priorities. However. the choice between more military aid for Pakistan and assistance for refugees should be an easy one. Anybody who has witnessed the news in recent weeks understands the military dictatorship in Pakistan has had serious problems in terms of its treatment of civil society. It is one of the worst nuclear proliferators. which could not occur without the knowledge of the Pakistani government.
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