Mr. Chairman. the House of Representatives has covered a multitude of issues in our wide ranging debate on immigration. While I have some reservations about particular provisions which have been passed. I am pleased that the House has attempted to come to grips with a critical issue which would have been easy to avoid in an election year. I am particularly pleased to note that Congress has chosen to include the SimpsonMazzoli provision for a waiver of the 2year residency requirement for foreign engineers in what is shaping up as the final version of the immigration bill. This provision contributes to filling what will be an increasingly pressing demand for engineering talent in the coming years. Our economy is experiencing a period of transition in which is changing the composition of skill demand being demanded by the marketplace.
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