I think the membership understands what is involved in the amendment. I have no objection. in principle. to the amendment of the Senator from Pennsylvania. but I would not support it as an amendment on this bill at this time. We have tried to work out. during the course of the consideration. a real balance between what we were going to do on the family reunification and what we are trying to do in terms of the special skills. We have addressed that issue in the sixth preference. particularly. by requiring higher skills. And we address the issue by adding new categories within the independent category. I think the bill itself reflects this balance. The greatest thrust of the bill is on family reunification. There is an increasing emphasis on skills with the combination of the third and sixth preference in the independence category. We have a balance now with regard to those two provisions.
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