Political Quotes

“The H-1B visa is a request by many people in private industry to increase the number of those who can come into the United States by the tens of thousands to fill well-paying, highly skilled jobs. The argument of these businesses is that they can't find workers in America with the skills necessary. We find these arguments coming out of Silicon Valley and similar high-tech areas. They just cannot find skilled American workers to fill the jobs. They ask us to change the law and allow immigrants to come from other countries to fill these jobs. They have a legitimate concern. Many Members believe we should do something to help them. If the alternative to bringing in people working in this country is shipping the jobs overseas, that certainly doesn't do our economy any good. Isn't it interesting that we are considering the shortages in skilled workers and allowing immigrants to come in to fill these jobs, instead of discussing as part of a program a way to improve education and training in America so we have these skilled workers?”