President. I rise today to recognize a most distinguished public servant who is retiring this month after nearly 33 years of Federal service. Phil Holman. the Director of the Division of Policy and Analysis in the Office of Refugee Resettlement is a man that I and my fine staff on the Immigration Subcommittee have worked with for many years. Phil Holman joined the Cuban Refugees Program in 1962. shortly after it was established by President Kennedy. He spent virtually his entire Federal career in the refugee resettlement program: from the early 1960s Cuban refugee flow beginnings to the 1975 Indochinese Refugee Assistance Program to the current domestic program established under the Refugee Act of 1980. Phil Holmans career has certainly come full circle as we struggle today with the current Cuban migration crisis. Millions of refugees admitted to the United States in the past 33 years have had their new lives touched in some way by Phil Holmans work. His decades of service are deeply appreciated. and I would urge my colleagues to join me in expressing our gratitude for a fine job well done.
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