Mr. Chairman. I yield myself such time as I may consume. and I rise representing the Committee on Education and Labor in its particular interest in H.R. 4300. the Family Unity and Employment Opportunity Immigration Act of 1990. I wish to thank the chairman of the full Committee on the Judiciary. the gentleman from Texas for his patience in preserving the Jurisdictional claims of the Committee on Education and Labor. as well as facilitating our substantive considerations. I . ish as well to express my deep apl.r( iation to the gentleman from Connecticut . chairman of the Subcommittee on Immigration. Refugees. and International Law. for the courtesies he has extended to me as chairman of the Education and Labor Task Force on immigration. and for his willingness to recognize the importance of the labor market aspects of this legislation. He encouraged the active participation of the task force in the formulation and the presentation of H.R. 4300. and I thank him for that opportunity. The Committee on Education and Labor has since 1985 maintained a Task Force on Immigration for the purpose of considering the labor aspects of any immigration proposal. It is clear. under the rules of the House of Representatives. that our committee has Jurisdiction over the importation of foreign labor and the setting of wage and labor protections afforded those workers. In the last few years there have been a number of studies. including the one mentioned earlier in this debate today. the Hudson Institutes "Work Force 2000 Report." which graphically illustrates the Interrelationship between immigration policies and the demands of the labor market. These reports simply recognize that both the demographics of the domestic labor force and businesses demand for both skilled and unskilled workers are changing. This is especially significant as we. as a nation. seek to establish our place in a more competitive global economy in an age of uncertainty. in a time of great change.
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