Mr. President. In 1989I believe in Julyboth Houses of Congress overwhelmingly agreed to an amendment to the Emergency Chinese Refugee Relief Act sponsored by Senator Armstrong and Senator DECONCINI. Senators will probably remember that this legislation was in response to the Tiananmen Square crackdown. The amendment required asylum adjudicators to give fullest possible consideration to asylum applications from Chinese nationals qeeing coercive population control policies. specifically the program of forced abortion and coerced sterilization. The Senate vote was 95 to 0 on that amendment which is virtually identical to the one I have just offered. The House vote was 300 in favor. 115 opposed.
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