If a business has a need for skilled workers and those workers cannot be found in this country. the business loses its competitive edge by having to wait from 1 to 3 years to achieve its labor needs. How do we expect America to remain competitive if our businesses and our industries face labor shortages in critical areas in our country and cannot bring in the skilled workers they need? So we must not shoot ourselves in the foot again with misguided immigration policy. The additional numbers for employersponsored visas in the pending amendment will help reduce the delays for immigrants with skills or exceptional ability. Obviously. this will allow businesses to find enough skilled workers and thereby maintain a competitive position in the international markets. It is interesting to me. and it is a measure of our lack of judgment in the past. that skillbased. employersponsored visas account for only a small percentage of the overall number of visas. Would you believe. Mr.
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