Speech #960215341

The gentleman has certainly talked about the PLO and other terrorist groups and addressed that in his legislation but certainly the episode that was revealed in the wire service article at least brings up two subject matters. One subject is Iran and our policy toward Iran and I think that the gentleman suggests we do not have a policy of restraint so much as we have a policy of doing nothing for fear if we do anything. it will be worse and I think that has been shown to be very misguided and the administration certainly needs to reassess that. The second subject. however. goes to the point of the Immigration and Naturalization Service in this country. If there is one area where Government has really given the short shrift to itself it is in the area of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. [ 1620 About 71/2 years ago the President of the United States. Jimmy Carter. made a statement that he was going to add 2.0002.000new personnel to the Immigration and Naturalization Service because it was so undermanned and it needed to respond to the Job it had been given. In effect. over the last 3 years this administration has cut the Immigration and Naturalization Service every single year. and this year they come before us and they do not even ask for the same amount of personnel that this Congress authorized and appropriated funds for in the last 2 years. Last year specifically. we identified funds to increase the numbers of INS because this is an area of Federal responsibility. and yet. while the admiinistration has talked about what we want to do with it. they have done nothing. In terms of what the administration has done with regard to responding to the Iranian situation. the President at one point in time said that we would ask the Iranian diplomats here. most of them. to leave.