[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 21 (Thursday, February 2, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S1974]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


THE RETIREMENT OF PHILIP A. HOLMAN, DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF POLICY 
           AND ANALYSIS IN THE OFFICE OF REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT

  Mr. SIMPSON. Mr. 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 
1960's Cuban refugee flow beginnings to the 1975 Indochinese Refugee 
Assistance Program to the current domestic program established under 
the Refugee Act of 1980. Phil Holman's 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 Holman's 
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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