On the recordJuly 10, 2019
I want to thank my good friend and esteemed chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship for moving this bill to the floor. Representative Lofgren has worked tirelessly for years to get us to this point. I am proud to be an original cosponsor of this bill. Put simply, this bill is good for American workers, and it is good for the American economy. For too long, people in this country have been unable to get a green card simply based on where they were born. As a result, people have been stuck on H-1B visas, and we all know that foreign outsourcing firms have abused these H-1B visas. They are underpaying people stuck on these visas, and that is depressing American wages, and it is hurting American workers. The solution is to stop corporations from abusing the H-1B visa system and to move people on to green cards. Once we do that, American wages will go up. These companies will no longer be able to hold people in indentured servitude and force American workers to have cuts in their wages. So anyone who is for American workers, who believes that the H-1B visa program is being abused, and who wants to stand up for a path for American workers to get the wages they deserve should be for this bill. If you oppose this bill, you are actually supporting the abuse of the H-1B visa process. I want to thank, again, Representative Lofgren for her leadership.
