Chairman. I am concerned about this bill because it has taken a quarter of a century for Congress to systemically reform Americas im. migration laws. Ireland was disadvantaged by the 1965 Immigration Actbadly disadvantaged. I do not want to be in a position in a few years of realizing that we did not do enough to address the systemic. longterm problems of Americas current immigration structure. H.R. 4300 seems to represent a bottomline approach to the many problems in our immigration lawsnot an ambitious. farsighted approach that I think is badly needed. That being the case. I do not want to see a compromise in conference which undercuts the already weak provisions of H.R. 4300. If either the diversity. transition. or employmentbased visa provisions are weakened in conferenceand let me stress. they should be strengthened. not weakenedI will not be able to support the conference agreement. I urge all interested parties to carefully consider their support for H.R. 4300. Consider the decades it has taken for Congress to pass legal immigration reform. Consider the limited benefits which H.R. 4300 provides for the Irish. I will support this bill. but with great reluctance.
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