Mr. Speaker. Congress made a mistake in 1990. and the best thing to do when you make a mistake is to admit it and to rectify that mistake. As chairman of the Subcommittee on International Law. Immigration. and Refugees. of the Committee on the Judiciary. I am moving to help Congress correct a mistake we made last autumn. That mistake was to have placed unnecessary and unreasonable limits. sanctions. and restrictions on the entry temporarily of artists. performers. musicians. and people in the cultural community from abroad to perform here in the United States. Meetings which I have had here in Washington and in meetings I have had back home in Kentucky and Louisville have certainly convinced me that the arts community and arts presenters have made a very persuasive case that these 1990 laws and the regulations which would implement them would prevent the artistic life of our country to go forward.
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