Mr. Chairman. I want to thank the gentlaman for offering this amendment. The amendment will provide for a 6month extension of H1A nonimmigrant program for nurses as originally enacted by the Immigration Nursing Relief Act of 1989. I support this extension of the HlA program which originally was effective for just 5 years. This will permit the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims to conduct hearings and otherwise investigate the competing interests relevant to this program. Mr. Chairman. I thank the gentleman from North Carolina for taking the lead on this Issue. I urge my colleagues to support this extension of the nurses program.
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