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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· May 7, 2013

Is anybody aware of examples where you have foreign workers, H-1B workers being paid less than U.S. workers would be?

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· May 7, 2013

But nobody wants to say exactly what that number should be today?

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· May 7, 2013

I agree with Mr. Bussgang that things are getting competitive. A lot of people come here to get educated, and it is going to be up to America to figure out a way to keep them here.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· May 7, 2013

Nearly every restrictive measure ever conceived

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· May 7, 2013

Without having access to the right talent around the world, we will not be able to remain competitive around the world.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· May 7, 2013

To have your customer have to make a legally binding attestation about their future workplace practices... just doesn't seem to have any relationship to how the real world works.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· May 7, 2013

It would be hard to imagine modern American life without these innovative companies.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· May 7, 2013

Immigrants have been an undeniably important part of our nation's economic success story, especially in the technology industry.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· May 7, 2013

I know the I-Squared bill addresses it through a market-based escalator, and I am interested if that is an approach that you think makes sense.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· May 7, 2013

I think that if we can convince the American people that we are taking measures to ensure that this never happens again, we will have immigration reform this year.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· May 7, 2013

According to a study by the Kauffman Foundation, over 20 percent of high-tech companies in the United States have been founded by immigrants.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· May 7, 2013

I hope our committee's hearing will inform key aspects of the ongoing immigration debate.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· May 7, 2013

It is worrying, however, that for the first time in decades the growth rate of immigrant-founded startups nationwide has stagnated, perhaps even declined.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Apr 23, 2013

A need for fundamental reform of our Nation's privacy protection framework.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Apr 23, 2013

Privacy and consumer tools are increasingly being used as competitive differentiators in the online market to earn new users.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Apr 23, 2013

We would be really worried if W3C is run by the U.N.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Apr 23, 2013

I think a lot of my neighbors are creepy, but I don't think they are harmful.

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