Mr. Chairman. I support the pending legislation to modernize this Nations immigration laws. Action of this kind. I believe. is long overdue in order to base the entrance of qualified people on a more equitable foundation. Many of my colleagues are aware of the steps I have taken in behalf of bills that would reform immigration policies and procedures. The emphasis of my activity has been to more fairly distribute among the countries of the world the numerical limitations on U.S. immigration. In the last Congress and again in this current Congress. I joined with the distinguished gentleman from New York in sponsoring a bill to accomplish this purpose. Twice we went before the Immigration Subcommittee of the Committee on the Judiciary to urge action on our proposal. The bill now before us. while not wordforword alined with my bill. does accomplish to my satisfaction the kind of improvement I feel is so necessary. Therefore. I can and will cast my vote for it. Because there have been some inaccuracies reported to the public on the contents of this immigration bill. I think we have a special obligation to our constituents to make plain precisely what is proposed. To that end.
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