Dale Kildee: “The fact is that this program is not a $10 million program. It is one-half of that. Fliers were passed around by those…”

“The fact is that this program is not a $10 million program. It is one-half of that. Fliers were passed around by those who are trying to defeat this program. This flier that is dated March 2, 1994, says at the top, ``Get the correct information on H.R. 6.'' And on this flier it says that this program they are trying to knock out to help the neediest of the needy in our Nation is a $10 million program. If we are going to get the facts straight, we should know that it is not a $10 million program; it is a $5 million program. The gentleman said that the territories are treated the same as all the other States. The territories are not treated the same as the States. The territories get a set-aside of 1 percent, and in many cases we have to compete against each other. Our students have to compete for one scholarship against the students from the other territories. This program is needed by the Americans in the U.S. territories. This is an obligation of this great Nation of ours. These are Americans we are talking about here.”