Furthermore. serious questions of oil industry use of record profits to acquire corporations rather than to increase production are raised. The Antitrust Division must be supported by the Congress if it is to properly investigate and to attenuate these dangers to the structure of the Nations economy. Finally. while H.R. 15404 contains an increase of over $21 million for the Immigration and Naturalization Service. I had hoped that the Committee on Appropriations would have provided the full budget request of $180 million. I am gratified that the administration. particularly the Department of Justice and OMB. has finally recognized the serious nature of the illegal alien problem by requesting funds which will enable INS to effectively cope with this problem. However. if we are to reduce by $5 million the amount requested by the administration for INS. we. the Congress. will have to bear a certain portion of the blame for the illegal alien problem. In the past. the Appropriations Committee has provided the full budget request for INS but in these instances the initial INS request had been severely reduced by the Department of Justice and OMB prior to its submission to Congress. In addition to the funding and manpower problems confronting INS. my Committee has recognized the need for legislation to eliminate the serious illegal alien problem. In this regard. the committee and the full House overwhelmingly approved my bill. H.R. 982. to impose civil and criminal sanctions on employers of illegal aliens. This bill is presently pending in the Senate and I am hopeful that it will be enacted in the near future. This legislation. however. will not completely solve the problem and INS must be provided with the resources to control the influx of illegal aliens to this country. I am hopeful that during the consideration of this bill by the House and Senate the $30 million will be restored to the Department of Justice in order that it can effectively discharge the duties which have been delegated to it by the Congress.
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