Speaker. the gentleman from Kentucky has been very gracious in talking about our committee. He has chaired it very ably. and I have served with him a number of years on the Subcommittee on International Law. Immigration. and Refugees. So. it has been a very. very fine year to serve with the gentleman. It is always a pleasure. He reaches for consensus. and that is what happened in the bill that is before us. I think that is why. when we talk about the 0 and P visas and the need to make some changes in the law to allow particularly performers in the arts to be able to come to our country and perform in various theater productions. and opera companies and so on. it is why we were able to make these changes in such an amicable way that allows that to occur and still provides the protection that we need to provide. of course. for our own citizens so that there is not an inappropriate number of foreign artists coming to this country. but there is a need for us to have those kinds of artists come here. in particular educators. in some cases scientists and others that are covered by these visas to teach in our schools and so on. So. Mr.
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