mr. steinbach telling the truth that the thing thats thatu would normally check just don't exist? >> in many countries of the world from which we have traditionally accepted refugees overs the years, the united states does not have extensive data holdings. >> all right. mr. franklin. i'm sorry, i ran over. not too badly. >> thank you, mr. chairman. any time. in prior years we have admitted far more refugees than we currently do. in 1980 we admitted about 200,000 refugees in the early '90's over a hundred thousand per year. last year in the mist of a humanitarian crisis we admitted fewer than 70,000. so it i'm sorry to me that the numbers we are bringing in today are pretty modest by comparison. it also seems to me that our past experience has demonstrate that had we can resettle refugees in a manner that is consistent with our national security. ms. strach, what do you draw from our past experiences admitting refugees, and can you describe the measures in place that ensures that those admitted to the united states will contribute positively to our society? >> senator, i think ther

mr. steinbach telling the truth? do you disagree with what i read from him that the things that you would normally check just don't exist? >> i would point out that the -- in many countries of the world from which we have traditionally accepted refugees over the years, the united states government did not have extensive data holdings. >> all right. mr. frankel, i ran over. thank you. not too badly. >> thank you, mr. chairman. any time. ms. strak, in prior years we admitted far more refugees than we can'tly do. in 1980 we admitted about 200,000 refugees. in the early '90s we admitted over 100,000 per year, last year in the midst of a humanitarian crisis we admitted fewer than 70,000. so it seems to me that the numbers we are bringing in today are pretty modest by comparison. it also seems to me that our past experience has demonstrated that we can resettle refugees in a manner that is consistent with our national security. ms. strack, what do you draw from our past experiences in admitting refugees, and can you descri

mr. steinbach telling the truth, do you disagree with what i read from him on that -- the things that you would normally check just don't exist. >> i would point out that the -- in many countries of the world, from which we have traditionally accepted refugees over the years, the united states government did not have extensive data holdings. >> all right. mr. franken, sorry to run over. not too badly. >> thank you, mr. chairman. anytime. mr. strack, in previous years we have admitted more refugees than we plan to do. in the early '90s we admitted over 100,000 per year. last year in the midst of a humanitarian crisis we admitted fewer than 70,000. so it seems to me that the numbers we are bringing in today are pretty modest by come comparison. and it shows past experiences demonstrate we can resettle refugees in a manner consistent with our national security. miss strack, what do you draw from our past experiences admitting refugees? and can you describe the measures in place to insure those admitted to the united states will contribute positively to our society? >> senator, i think there