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20.04.55-DUKE/ROBERTS/WERTHEIMER-discussion of IMMIGRATION REFORM legislative process, potential pitfalls. The HISPANIC CAUCUS has taken a defeat as the bill moves toward a vote. DUKE-intro report on WEAPONS SHIPMENT to PERSIAN GULF. 20.07.47-Shots of ARTILLERY (I think it's a howitzer), SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILES, and a TANK in operation in a rocky desert. Shots of soldiers with machine guns and mortar shells. Shot of ANTIAIRCRAFT MISSILE being fired. DUKE v.o.-controversy over shipments of AIR DEFENSES to SAUDI ARABIA to prevent bombing related to the IRAN-IRAQ WAR. Shot of the missile destroying an airplane. Shots of STINGER (ANTIAIRCRAFT) missile station with soldiers fitting missiles onto launcher. Shots of a House Committee Hearing. Rep. TOM LANTOS (D-CA) criticizes the REAGAN ADMINISTRATION for making the shipments over Memorial Day when Congress was not in town to object. C/S Rep. LEE HAMILTON(D-IN) argues that the proportion of U.S. oil supplies that comes from the PERSIAN GULF is small. The Assistant Secretary of State argues that a cutoff in any part of OPEC would affect the U.S.. HAMILTON is not convinced. 20.09.41-DUKE-mostly, the Congress was angry that NATIONAL SECURITY was being invoked to protect FOREIGN POLICY from Congressional scrutiny. WERTHEIMER-report on ACADEMIA lobbying Congress for funding for projects. 20.10.22-C/S Rev. William Byron, President of Catholic University, talks about lobbying Congress for funds. C/S Rep. BOB WALKER (R-PA) says that the established peer review procedures are better than politicizing grants by voting them on the House floor. Shots of Campus of Catholic University. Shots of Campus of Georgetown University. C/S a Florida Congressman, argues that funding a facility at Florida State University was not simple pork because the Government decided that such a facility would be good for the national interest. C/S the head of American Association of Universities, says it's not good for Congress to make "political" decisions about grants and funding. Says that traditional Federal sources of funds have dried up in past 15 years, so universities have been lobbying Congress directly. 20.12.46-c/s Rep. DON FUQUA (D-FL) argues that it is the right of Universities to petition the government for their wishes. C/S Rev. Byron, says that lobbying Congress is effective.