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venty-four
newmembersofCongresswereelectedtotheHouse.Anotherturnoverin
1976movedmerapidlyuptheseniorityladderandIwasappointedtoa
covetedassignmentontheHouseAppropriationsCommitteewhichpro-
videdthediscretionaryfundingfortheentirefederalgovernment.Fromthat
positionIwasabletocarryoutmytwomajorpoliticalobjectives—topro-
videeffectiveservicetomyconstituentsintheTwelfthCongressionalDis-
trictofPennsylvaniaandtoenhancetheUnitedStates’nationalsecurity
throughserviceontheDefenseAppropriationsSubcommittee.
ReturntoVietnam
AlthoughIwasanewmembermybackgroundencouragedthecongres-
sionalleadershiptoaskmyopiniononVietnamandothermilitaryissues.I
returnedtwicetoVietnamasacongressmanthe?rsttimeinlateFebruary
1975.U.S.forceshadwithdrawnfromVietnamandtheSouthVietnamese
forceswerecarryingonthewaragainsttheVietCongandtheNorthViet-
namese.PresidentGeraldFord’sadministrationhadaskedCongressfora
supplementalappropriationof$300millionformilitaryaidtoSouthViet-
namand$222millionforCambodia.Inadditiontocopingwiththelarge
numbersofNorthVietnameseforcesinCambodiathecountry’smilitary
forceswere?ghtingalargeguerrillamovementledbythedespotPolPot.
PresidentFordrequestedthatabipartisancongressionaldelegationgoto
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