Speech #930048301

I have since learned that the Labor Departments decision was based on advice from officials of the Office of Management and Budget. There is no plausible reason for the Labor Departments decision. Certainly national security is not involved in the setting of preferences for immigration from the Western Hemisphere or establishing rules for the issuance of temporary work permits for residents of Western Hemisphere countries. I am also at a loss to understand why the Office of Management and Budget has advised the Secretary of Labor not to permit his assistants to testify before my subcommittee unless its Director. Roy Ash. has been ordered by the White House to enforce the administrations policy of noncooperation with Congress.