On the recordJanuary 30, 2014
I wish to share some remarks this afternoon concerning a very important issue; that is, the financial condition of working Americans. Things are not good for them at this point in time. Just a few weeks ago on January 5, Gene Sperling, the key economic adviser to President Barack Obama, appeared on CNN's ``Face the Nation.'' He said most of the people are desperately looking for jobs. . . . our economy still has three people looking for every job opening. It has been reported that the House is having a retreat today and that they are discussing whether to proceed with immigration reform-- apparently it would have to be somewhat like what passed the Senate or it would have no chance of passing the Senate--and they want to move this bill to try to solve a problem out there, but I think it is not practical at this point in time. I wish to share some thoughts about what we should consider as we evaluate what the proper immigration flow into the United States is at this time. We are a nation that is founded on immigrants. We believe in that. We admit 1 million people a year lawfully now, and that is the largest number of any country in the world. We are about at the point-- and I think we have reached it--where we have the largest percentage of foreign born in the history of the United States. We hear advice from certain businesses. Despite Mr.…
