Speech #930086531

Lynch. a. representative of the American Federation of Government Employees- Letters endorsIng the bill were received from the Departments of Justice and Treasury. and the AFLCIO. The subcommittee recommended by a vote of 10 to 0 that HR. 8245 be approved. and the Full Committee on Government Cperations voted favorably. 35 to 2. to report the bill. No additional costs are involved in the enactment of this legislatimi I would note. however. that the Office of Management and Budget. has made a strong commitment to consider and support a request by the Immigration and Naturalization Service for additional personnel in the INS. and its Border Patrol. The OMB commitment comes as a result of the committees inquiry into the conditions as indicated by the testimony of the working personnel Our committee will not stop here in its monitoring of these matters. We will watch to see that the commitments are carried out. yes. but we also have two other inquiries proceeding in the committee. One of our subcommittees is examining the effectiveness and efficiency of the Immigration Service. and another is looking into the adequacy and strategy of the Federal programs to stop drug traffic and otherwise meet the drug problem.