In making my statements today. it is in the spirit of the parliamentary process by which we have established certain rulings in the House. Unless a unique situation occurs. and this is one today. those rules ought to be followed. I would like to remind the House that the gentleman from Kentucky. along with other members of his subcommittee. labored very long and hard this year to bring some sense of proportion and harmony and coherence to the Refugee Act of 1980. which does set up definitions of refugees. and sets up a mechanism of consultations by which people are admitted into the Nation under the rubric of refugee. We have had hearings to the point that I cannot count. We have worked with members of the executive branch and Congress to try to be sure that we know what this act means and that it will be able to accommodate situations in the future in which people become displaced.
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