Calvin Dooley: “I am delighted to be joining the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Smith) and the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Moran), the…”

“I am delighted to be joining the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Smith) and the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Moran), the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Roemer), the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Doggett), the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Eshoo) and a number of other Members in the new Democrat coalition that are advancing a policy we think is very, very important, to allow the United States to maintain its relative advantage in terms of clearly being the leader in the world in technology. This is absolutely critical for the United States, because when one looks at that technology sector, it is an area where we have created more jobs, where we have created more wealth, where we are creating more opportunities for our families. What the H-1B legislation that we are introducing today is, in many ways, is going to ensure that the United States has the top 200,000 draft choices, the top 200,000 draft choices for the brightest, the most intelligent, the most capable engineers throughout the world.”