I rise today to share with my colleagues an important article on the severe problems U.S. companies. particularly in the high technology sector. are facing with regards to skilled workers. In the March 9. 1998 edition of the Wall Street Journal. Dr. T.J. Rodgers the President and Chief Executive Officer of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation. clearly articulatedwhy this country needs increased access to skilled professionals. The author is widely considered to be a leading authority on hightech issues and recently offered his expertise on the HiB visa issue in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the shortage of hightech workers in America. I urge my colleagues to read Dr. Rodgers educated summary of this serious problem and consider a bill I introduced last week with Senators HATCH.