On the recordNovember 29, 2011
I will try to take full advantage of those extra 56 seconds. Mr. Speaker, I'm a cosponsor of this bipartisan legislation, and I want to speak on its behalf. I heard about a conversation that Bill Clinton had with Steve Jobs. Apple Computer has about 200,000 employees outside of the borders of the United States, I understand. I believe it's Walter Isaacson in his biography of Steve Jobs who talks about a conversation he had with President Clinton, where the former President asked, What would it take to get all these employees back into the United States? Mr. Jobs said, You give me 30,000 highly skilled workers in the United States and we'll bring those jobs back. And that's what this is about. It's having access within the United States to the most highly skilled engineers, scientists, and mathematicians, who will in turn generate the kind of economic activity that we all want in terms of job creation and national economic growth. In the northern Virginia area, we're very fortunate to have a strong high-tech sector. {time} 1620 But for that tech sector to continue to grow and expand, we have got to have a workforce not only adequate in terms of quantity, but particularly in terms of quality.…
