I am glad the ranking member did not ask me that question. because the gentleman from Virginia . the sponsor of this amendment. was eloquent and effective in his opposition to the Pombo amendment. and I am very grateful for this. Mr. Chairman. the problem with his amendment here. because I know it was wellintentioned. because I know how he wants to handle these issues. but the problem is that it fundamentally erodes and existing requirement in the H2A program that U.S. workers have priority. We can debate whether that makes sense or not. but to me. when we get rid of the 50percent rule. we get rid of the requirement that a U.S. worker who comes for a job gets priority over the guest worker coming from the foreign country.