Madam Chairman. I rise today in strong support of this important amendment to eliminate the Diversity Visa Program. otherwise known as the visa lottery. I thank my good friend. the gentleman from Virginia. for the time. Chairman GOODLATTE and Chairman SENSENBERENNER have effectively outlined the serious security risk posed by the visa lottery program and the flaws in the administration of the program. so I will not repeat them at this time. But I would like to address a question raised by some of my colleagues: whether it would be possible to reallocate the visas currently utilized by the visa lottery program and add them to the familysponsored and employerbased categories. Although the amendment we are offering today does not reallocate the diversity visas. I am committed to working with Chairman GOODLATTE and our colleagues in the Senate to do just that. I believe strongly that the elimination of the visa lottery program will strengthen our national security. that our amendment is an appropriate and necessary step towards resolution of this issue. I believe strongly that if our amendment passes today. we can negotiate a compromise that will ensure reallocation of some or all of the immigrant visas available under this outdated and problematic program which has deviated from its original purpose. I encourage my colleagues to join me in voting in favor of this amendment.
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