Political Quotes

“Mr. President, under the prior unanimous consent agreement, I call up my amendment numbered 1237, as modified. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the amendment. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Oregon [Mr. Merkley] proposes amendment numbered 1237, as modified. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To increase the employment of Americans by requiring State workforce agencies to certify that employers are actively recruiting Americans and that Americans are not qualified or available to fill the positions that the employer seeks to fill with H-2B nonimmigrants) On page 1793, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following: SEC. 4607. AMERICAN JOBS IN AMERICAN FORESTS. (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``American Jobs in American Forests Act of 2013''. (b) Definitions.--In this section: (1) Forestry.--The term ``forestry'' means-- (A) propagating, protecting, and managing forest tracts; (B) felling trees and cutting them into logs; (C) using hand tools or operating heavy powered equipment to perform activities such as preparing sites for planting, tending crop trees, reducing competing vegetation, moving logs, piling brush, and yarding and trucking logs from the forest; and (D) planting seedlings and trees. (2) H-2B nonimmigrant.--The term ``H-2B nonimmigrant'' means a nonimmigrant described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.…”