Mr. Chairman. I move to strike the requisite number of words. Mr. Chairman. I have heard a lot of emotional debate today and I would just like to try to put this in some perspective. I do not serve on this particular committee. but I have served on the Immigration and Refugee Subcommittee for over 14 years. I personally have visited the Hmong camps. I have personally visited Hong Kong. I have been there more than once. and I think I have some feel for the history of this matter since about 1980. The story that I would like to tell a little bit of to put it in perspective is the story of the way in which the decisions were being made back in the 1980s with regard to how we screened people in and out among these groups of boat people and the Hmong and so on.
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