I thank the gentleman from Virginia for yielding this time to me. I rise in support of this motion to instruct wearing a couple of hats. One of them is the ranking Republican on the Subcommittee on Immigration. One of them is the author of a bill which several of my colleagues have cosponsored that does essentially what the Nickles amendment in the Senate does that we are asking the conferees to agree to. It seems to me that we need to recognize the fact of law that we passed back in 1990 when we passed that immigration act. and we changed the language on excludable diseases from dangerous. contagious disease to communicable disease of public health significance. It seems obvious that the HIV AIDS virus is covered by this description. HIV is a disease. it is communicable as that term is defined by Websters dictionary. and it certainly is a significant question of public health in this Nation.
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