Mr. Speaker. I intend to support the rule on the continuing resolution. However. I am dismayed that an amendment I felt very strongly about was not made in order by this rule. This amendment sought to include military personnel abroad and exclude illegal aliens for apportionment purposes. I appreciate the importance of keeping amendments to the continuing resolution to a minimum. There are obvious benefits in doing so. Yet this issue is a timely one. I am afraid that if the House does not address this issue in the near future. the Census Bureau preparations for the 1990 census will be too far along for us to make this change in who and how the Bureau counts for apportionment.
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