[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 14, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1109-S1110]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1991. Ms. HIRONO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill H.R. 2579, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to allow the premium tax credit with respect to unsubsidized COBRA 
continuation coverage; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. SENSE OF CONGRESS THAT FAMILY UNITY SHOULD CONTINUE 
                   TO BE A GUIDING PRINCIPLE OF UNITED STATES 
                   IMMIGRATION SYSTEM.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) The family is the bedrock of society in the United 
     States.
       (2) From time immemorial, families have served as a source 
     of emotional support and economic security.
       (3) Courageous people living in difficult circumstances 
     often immigrate to the United States in order to make a 
     better life for themselves and their families.
       (4) Once such immigrants succeed and establish themselves 
     as part of their communities in the United States, they want 
     to help the families they left behind, and want their 
     families to join them and provide succor and support.
       (5) Families have proven to be a key factor in the 
     successful integration of immigrant families into life in the 
     United States.
       (6) The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 recognized 
     that families should not be kept apart based on the places 
     close relatives were born.

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       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) family unity should continue to be a guiding principle 
     of the legal immigration system of the United States; and
       (2) elimination or reduction of the number of family-based 
     visas or family-based Green Cards would have a negative 
     effect on the United States as a whole.
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