On Wednesday. he was honored by his former colleagues in a special en banc session of the U.S. district court in Chicago. which my mother and all seven brothers and sisters attended. I could not be absent from that ceremony. and I trust my constituents and colleagues here can understand that. However. my presence in Chicago required my missing several votes on the crime and Immigration bills. On the immigration votes. had I been present. I would have voted "yea" on the Lewis of Florida amendment to reimburse States for their cash and medical assistance to aliens. I would have voted "nay" on the Bryant amendment to delete all provisions of the bill. except those relating to family reuniflOctober . 1990 cation. The employersponsored provisions of the bill. which would have been deleted by this amendment. are extremely important to American competitiveness. They allow our country to retain talented. trained scientists. technicians. and engineersrather than sending them overseas to compete with us from there.
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