Mr. Speaker. I am pleased to rise in support of this legislation which would ensure passage of several important provisions which are included in the Immigration bill. Should partisan differences continue to hold up the Immigration bill. we would still be able to address the serious issues of U.S. support to Tibetan and Burmese exiles and reclassification of resistance to reproductive persecution as constituting political persecution under the refugee definition. In addition. this bill will provide continued authorization for one of the most successful aspects of our refugee and asylum law: the protection of high risk refugees such as Soviet Jews. These measures have already received the support of this House in other legislation. H.R. 4036 will provide a stopgap to ensure their continuation.
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