Mr. Speaker. yesterday voted for the Legal Services Corporation Act. not because I believe it is the best bill that I have seen. but rather to insure that the poor of this Nation will have continued access to legal counsel. I would also like to state for the RECORD that had I been present for rollcall No. 256. on an amendment to prohibit administrative advocacy by legal services attorneys. I would have voted "nay." Legal service attorneys have the same tight to work for legislation favorable to their clients as private attorneys do for the corporations which retain them. I was not present at that time as I was meeting with several constituents. attending the national conference of the Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council. who were concerned that the NixonBrezhnev meeting would be detrimental to the Russian Jewry emigration.
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