There is a great likelihood that. if agreement cannot be reached within a State. the court could well order the entire congressional delegation to run at large. The purpose of this particular bill is to avoid this possibility. I should like to point out that H.R. 2275. which I personally asked my colleagues on the Judiciary Committee to report. was originally nothing but a private immigration bill. I have been fully in accord with the desire to enact a bill which would eliminate the necessity for Representatives to run at large. Then some may say. "Why in the world are you today supporting a provision which would exempt two States?" For two reasons: The first is that traditionally New Mexico and Hawaii have had this position for many years.
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