American Industry. academia and even the U.S. Government rely heavily on the talents provided by foreigntrained personnel to make up for the shortages resulting from the smaller numbers of nativeborn Americans choosing science and engineering as a career. H.R. 4300. however. will force American Industry to accept half the number of H1 visas than it currently uses. Simply put. this cut is anticompetitive. Furthermore. because applicants for H1 visas already need labor certification. I do not believe that companies are using this program to cheat Americans from good jobs. A professor of engineering physics at UCSD recently pointed out that: Qualified U.S. citizens are not being displaced by foreign.born engineers who work for lower wages.