I think it is appropriate. Mr. Speaker. for me to say strong and emphatic words congratulating the other members of the conference committee on our side of the aisle: the gentleman from Ohio . the ranking Republican member on the Committee on the Judiciary. and the gentleman from New Jersey . a distinguished lawyer and expert on immigration legislation. But may I add words of congratulation to a person on the subcommittee that handled immigration who. unfortunately. for understandable reasons. was not a member of the conference committee. I speak now of the gentleman from Minnesota who was the author of the important amendment placing a ceiling on immigration from the Western Hemisphere. This amendment. strongly opposed by the Johnson administration. barely defeated in the House. has now been incorporated in the final version of the legislation. We all owe a debt of gratitude to the able. constructive legislator. the gentleman from Minnesota .
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