Session #105 · 1997–99

Speech #1050207800

The fact that American workers lack the training skills to compete for these good jobs is an incident of our educational system. Clearly. we need to do more to find a longterm solution to this festering problem. And this bill gives three years to address this failure. I have long insisted that any legislation increasing these visas should substantially invest in improved job training for U.S. workers and better education for U.S. students. We must give the U.S. workers the skills they need to qualify for these jobs. It makes no sense to throw in the towel by increasing quotaseven temporarilywithout also investing in our own labor force.
Keywords matched
visas

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
EDWARD KENNEDY
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
MA
Gender
M
Date
1998-12-17
Speech ID
1050207800
Paragraph
#2
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