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Orrin Hatch
@orrinhatch· Republican · UT· Mar 16, 2015

I understand that about biomedical sciences.

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Orrin Hatch
@orrinhatch· Republican · UT· Mar 16, 2015

But you are aware that we were 90,000 H-1B openings short this year.

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· Mar 16, 2015

We would be penny wise and pound foolish to not do the H-1B bill.

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· Mar 16, 2015

Our country is a stupid country in some ways. We just push these people and we educate them.

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Orrin Hatch
@orrinhatch· Republican · UT· Mar 16, 2015

Let me just say this, Mr. Chairman, one more comment: You know, my State of Utah, it is a go-go State. It basically is competitive with every other State in the country, and I have to say, it is like number 2. It is number 1 where people…

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Orrin Hatch
@orrinhatch· Republican · UT· Mar 16, 2015

It makes no sense to ignore aspects of our immigration law and allow them to be frozen in time.

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· Mar 16, 2015

I introduced the I-Squared Act, which has bipartisan support in the Senate, including from Senators Klobuchar, Flake, Coons and Blumenthal.

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Orrin Hatch
@orrinhatch· Republican · UT· Mar 16, 2015

I would be surprised that there is anyone here that thinks we do not need to reform our immigration laws.

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Orrin Hatch
@orrinhatch· Republican · UT· Mar 16, 2015

And we need, according to everybody I talk to, about 90,000 more openings and we do not have them.

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· Mar 16, 2015

To stop it here because we are afraid it might interfere with some jobs, it is going to create jobs.

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Orrin Hatch
@orrinhatch· Republican · UT· Mar 16, 2015

It seems that we spend too much time talking about the occasional shortcomings of the system rather than the economic benefits of welcoming foreign-born, high-skilled workers who want to stay here, especially after they have been educated…

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Orrin Hatch
@orrinhatch· Republican · UT· Mar 16, 2015

Well, it seems that the right answer to U.S. worker displacement is to update the 1998 law for H-1B-dependent companies.

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· Mar 16, 2015

Failure to reform our high-skilled immigration system is forcing American companies to outsource their innovation centers to countries like Canada.

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Orrin Hatch
@orrinhatch· Republican · UT· Mar 16, 2015

America and American companies need more high-skilled workers. This is an undeniable fact.

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· Mar 16, 2015

I want more jobs fulfilled in our country. I want more jobs created.

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· Mar 16, 2015

Such isolationist policies will never succeed in today's global economy.

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