Anthony Beilenson said "Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the rule on the foreign operations appropriations for fiscal year 1995. One of the amendments made in order by this rule is an amendment I shall be offering to increase funding for voluntary family planning assistance by $100 million. This increase would be paid for by cutting programs in the bill, across the board, by three-quarters of 1 percent. Increasing population assistance by $100 million will bring total funding for population assistance to $669 million. That amount is significantly closer to the amount the United States would need to spend next year to fulfill our commitment to the 1989 Amsterdam Declaration, the multinational plan for making voluntary family planning assistance available universally by the year 2000. (Meeting our commitment fully would require that we spend $800 million next year.)" @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMay 25, 1994

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the rule on the foreign operations appropriations for fiscal year 1995. One of the amendments made in order by this rule is an amendment I shall be offering to increase funding for voluntary family planning assistance by $100 million. This increase would be paid for by cutting programs in the bill, across the board, by three-quarters of 1 percent. Increasing population assistance by $100 million will bring total funding for population assistance to $669 million. That amount is significantly closer to the amount the United States would need to spend next year to fulfill our commitment to the 1989 Amsterdam Declaration, the multinational plan for making voluntary family planning assistance available universally by the year 2000. (Meeting our commitment fully would require that we spend $800 million next year.)

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Anthony Beilenson

Democratic · California

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing an amendment to increase funding for voluntary family planning assistance during appropriations debate.

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