Political Quotes

“I certainly agree. When someone like Bill Gates of Microsoft comes and says: You have to give me visas so I can bring in foreign-trained engineers for my expanding information technology company, it really is a challenge to us. Why aren't we producing engineers here at home? It comes to this point: Will there be the kind of support, financial support for those promising students to get into math and science and engineering or will they be discouraged at an early age and give up on it? The same thing is true--and I know the Senator from Massachusetts is well aware of it--when it comes to the field of nursing. We are just a few years away from being 1 million nurses short of what we need in America. As the baby boomer generation reaches a point where it needs more medical help, there will be fewer medical professionals available. We don't want to see that happen. It compromises the quality of care and also puts pressure on the United States to poach--to go after medical professionals in developing countries to attract them to the United States.”