[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 12 (Wednesday, February 9, 1994)]
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                       TRIBUTE TO WELLS C. KLEIN

  Mr. SIMPSON. Madam President, I am very pleased to join my colleague 
in paying tribute to Wells Klein.
  I have not known Wells as long as Senator Kennedy has, but when I 
became chairman of the Immigration and Refugee Policy Subcommittee in 
1981, Wells Klein was among the first to offer his able assistance and 
counsel to me on matters involving our refugee and immigration policy.
  Wells formally provided the Members with his views and 
recommendations at subcommittee hearings, and was always ready to 
assist informally in meetings in my office. His wide experience, which 
Senator Kennedy has well described, and even more significant, his good 
common sense and genial urgings regarding a very difficult issue, gave 
his recommendations special importance to me, and I believe to the 
others of us on the Subcommittee.
  Madam President, many refugees and immigrants in the United States 
have benefited from Wells' efforts. An even greater number of refugees 
in camps around the world whom we have assisted have benefited from his 
many years of service as the executive director of the American Council 
for Nationalities Service.
  We wish the best for this fine man in his retirement, though I 
seriously doubt that his interest in the cause for which he spent so 
much of his life will wane with his leaving his leadership post. He 
will always be at the fore. Refugees and immigrants around our Earth 
will continue to gain from his contributions.

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