Mr. Speaker. I have risen before to talk about the H1B program. and I think it is time to do it again. because so many of our colleagues have not looked at this program. A lot of people say. "H1B. it sounds like a new Air Force plane." What in fact it is is a program which allows foreign workers to come here temporarily for a 6year period and take jobs that otherwise would have gone to American citizens. We permit that when the companies have a hard time finding people with specific skills. In particular. the H1B program was started back in 1990 to alleviate what was then seen as an anticipated shortage of scientists and engineers. particularly at a Ph.D. Level. I do not think that ever particularly was proven to have come about. because in the interim the Berlin Wall fell. and the demand by our defense industry was a lot less than we thought it should be.