Robert Smith: “I believe America needs to make up its mind whether we want the high-tech industry to remain an American industry. It is…”

“I believe America needs to make up its mind whether we want the high-tech industry to remain an American industry. It is vital to our economic good, and we are all proud of it. We all want to encourage it. We need to help the high-tech industry by raising the H-1B visas temporarily. Otherwise, this is an industry that is prepared to move to other shores. I would rather they remain on our shores because I think it does us an enormous amount of good. In my State, and in the State of the Senator from Nevada, and so many States, we are seeing small businesses thrive with the development of this new technology. But I also want to speak to the need that we not abandon the cause of the Hispanic and Latino workers. There are many proposals right now addressing their needs. I happen to be a cosponsor of a bill, being argued by many on the other side of the aisle, which help these workers. I think it is a crying shame that we have people living in the shadows of our society right now.”