Zoe Lofgren

I can tell you that the system is a mess. I mean, it is a mess when it comes to agriculture, it is a mess when it comes to family law, it is a mess when it comes to starter visas for high-tech.

A mandatory E-Verify program without a solution for the current workforce would be disastrous, and I believe the same thing.

I mean, they are highly skilled people that understand what they are doing.

Without something to address the country's agricultural workforce needs, mandatory E-Verify would simply destroy segments of our agriculture industry.

We need a fast, flexible, and experienced workforce.

I look forward to hearing the testimony today of a diverse panel of witnesses who will provide their own assessment of the H-2A program.

it may be an opportunity I think in 100 years or in 200 years is very much in my mind as we look at this issue.

despite the name rare earth, the elements aren't actually rare.

if the patent is being held now by a monopoly that refuses unreasonably to license it...

S-Comm, as currently designed, actually threatens public safety and endangers the communities they are sworn to protect.

The administration is putting illegal immigrants ahead of the interests of American taxpayers and unemployed Americans.

Shouldn't we ask the law enforcement officials most responsible for protecting and serving those very communities?

Despite signed agreements and promises ensuring input from state and local authorities, DHS now intends to move forward in a mandatory fashion.

Whether the program is a success depends entirely on whether it is actually making our communities safer and more secure.

I think some today have sort of written off, I think, serious criticisms of this bill as hyperbole.

It was not the big tech companies who said the bill would kill our best hope for securing Internet.

I do not think it is a balanced effort, and I am sorry that we do not have any technical expertise on this panel.

The big tech companies were not the ones who said this bill would cause the U.S. to lose its position as a global leader in supporting a free and open Internet.

The memos are actually just common sense.

We know that Congress has dramatically increased the resources available to enforce our immigration laws.

But I am hopeful that we can come together and do something with green cards for the top graduates who will create jobs.

I had a bill a couple of years ago with Congressman Goodlatte to do the elimination of per country limits.

That is in my bill. I mean, to limit this to research institutions is essential.

The fact that we became the strongest economic and military power on Earth was not fate; it wasn't an entitlement; it wasn't just given to us. It was earned.

Without a doubt, our country came to be the greatest on the planet in less than 200 years due to its unique ability to attract the best and brightest minds from around the world and have them become Americans.