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Sam Farr: “If a person came here, under the debate we are having on the floor now, under H-1B waivers, which are essentially the…”

On the recordJuly 20, 1998
If a person came here, under the debate we are having on the floor now, under H-1B waivers, which are essentially the way we try to import high-tech people, professional engineers, scientists who are not American citizens to work with high-technology companies in America, if one of those while here in this country contributed, would they be in violation of the gentleman's amendment?
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Sam Farr
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the implications of H-1B waivers during a floor debate.

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