Mr. Speaker. I call the attention of my colleagues to an editorial published in the July 21 edition of the New York Times which highlights the need for Congress to pass an immigration reform bill. Entitled "Peter Rodino Rides to the Rescue." the editorial praises the distinguished chairman of the House Judiciary Committee for his decision to introduce the immigration bill in the House and provides some new and frightening statistics gathered by Dr. Michael Teitelbaum. a noted population expert who currently serves as Program Director for the Sloan Foundation. Mike Teitelbaum served as the Staff Director for the Select Committee on Population in 1977 and 1978 which I chaired. A Rhodes Scholar. Dr. Teitelbaum has written many thoughtful pieces on population and immigration issues. including "Latin Immigration North." the book cited in the Times editorial. His work on these issues is well known and at various times in his career he has worked for the Ford Foundation and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. As the Times put it. "Mr. Teitelbaum is a noted immigration demographer and not an alarmist. yet his counsel is clear: Ask not for whom the immigration clock ticks. It ticks for the United States." Mike Teitelbaums words should be heeded by this Congress. I am pleased that the honorable chairman of the Judiciary Committee. Mr. RODINO. has decided to take the immigration bill by the horns. and I look forward to working with him and the gentleman from Kentucky. Immigration Subcommittee Chairman MAZZOLI. in hammering out an immigration reform bill that will address the serious problem of illegal immigration. I urge my colleagues to read the Times editorial. The editorial follows:
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