Mr. President. I want to commend my distinguished colleague and chairman of our Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy. Senator SIMPSON. for the initiative and leadership he has shown today in introducing a critically important immigration reform bill. As ranking minority member of the subcommittee. I have closely worked with Senator SIMPSON on the many immigration issues before usas I did in the last Congress as a colleague with him on the Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy. chaired by Father Ted Hesburgh of Notre Dame. I want to state for the RECORD that I fully support the objectives of the bill introduced today by Senator SIMPSON and by Congressman MAZZOLI. chairman of the House subcommittee. It closely follows the recommendations of the select commission. which I voted to support. and it advances our efforts to achieve longterm reform of our outdated immigration law. There are. of course. a few areas where I disagree. But I look forward to narrowing these differences during the Joint hearings that have been scheduled in the days ahead.
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