Mr. Chairman. I consider it a special honor to rise today in favor of H.R. 2580. a bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act. For the past 5 years I have been active in efforts to amend our discriminatory and unfair immigration policy. In 1961. 1963. and again in 1965. I introduced bills to achieve the purposes presently sought by H.R. 2580. It is indeed a pleasure to speak once again in favor of such legislation. My reason for supporting and introducing immigration bills throughout the years is a simple and straightforward one: I believe that the national origins quota system is incompatible with our basic American ideals and traditions. To quote President Johnson: Over the years the ancestors of all of ussome 42 million human beingshave migrated to these shores. The fundamental. longtime American attitude has been to ask not where a person comes from but what are his personal qualities.
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