James T. Callahan: “First of all, Mr. Chairman, and to my colleagues in the House and to those that might be watching on television, if we…”

“First of all, Mr. Chairman, and to my colleagues in the House and to those that might be watching on television, if we were to have a vote on the floor of this House tonight or anytime and we would ask the Members of Congress as to whether or not they condone atrocities that are created anyplace in the world by any people, it would be 435 against. That is not really the question here tonight. I do not question the motives of the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Burton). As a matter of fact, I applaud him for bringing this issue to our attention, an issue of great concern to him. But my observation is India is the largest democracy in the world, and there are 300 million people who live in poverty in that largest democracy. And 85 percent of the monies that we appropriate in this bill goes to private, volunteer organizations who spend it on making things better for the poverty stricken people of India. There are other monies that go to India indirectly through this committee. For example, we fund UNICEF, and we also fund indirectly the Rotary International, which is in the process today of immunizing every child in India so there will not be a polio epidemic there and we will help to eradicate it.”