Americans will be educated to fill these jobs through scholarships and job training financed by fees collected from employers petitioning for the current foreign workers. We must do more to ensure our work force meet the demands of a growing. more sophisticated economythat we have the educated work force we need to continue to prosper and provide better jobs for Americans. There are other important issues covered by the bill including increased penalties for violations of law by employers. random investigations of employers sponsoring HlB visas by the Department of Labor and protection of "whistleblowing" employees. I think this compromise is something that will help us now and in the future. I urge its passage.