Mr. Speaker. my distinguished colleague. the Honorable EDWARD M. HUTCHINSON. the ranking minority member on the Committee on the Judiciary. joins me in advising the Members of the House of Representatives that for the first time in the 26Y2 years that matters relating to immigration and nationality have been within the jurisdiction of the Committee on the Judiciary. the committee has a current docket of private immigration bills. This desirable situation exists because of the enactment of fair and equitable immigration laws. and by the muchneeded change in the Committee Rules of Procedure governing consideration of such bills which was so welcomed by the Members of Congress. Introduction of private bills reached a peak in the 90th Congress when over 6.000 bills were referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Approximately 4.000 of those bills were reintroduced in the 91st Congress and over 2.000 in the last Congress. Fewer than 400 private bills have been introduced in the present Congress and all of those bills ready for consideration have now been acted upon. I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the Honorable JOSHUA EILBERG. chairman of the Subcommittee on Immigration. Citizenship. and International Law. the Members of that subcommittee. as well as all those Members who worked so diligently with me in the 92d Congress to accomplish this goal. Now when a Member of Congress has a truly meritorious case. he can be assured that It will be considered promptly.
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