Speech #910087000

I wholeheartedly supported inclusion of the labor certification provision in the act of October 3. 1965. and support its continued existence. Our countrys foremost obligation is to assure optimum employment of its citizens. However. it has become clear that occupations considered to have a surplusage of domestic workers and. therefore. no need for immigrants on a national level often have a deficit on a local level. Thus. although a certain occupation is listed on schedule B. there frequently exists a great deficit of workers and a great demand for workers in certain localities to fill these positions. This is the result of the Labor Department viewing manpower needs on a nationwide level as opposed to a local level.