Speech #1100051592

For example. the Rural America Job Assistance and Creation Act would establish regional skills alliances to help identify needed skills and create and implement effective training solutions. In addition. the bill would also encourage cooperation between educational institutions and entrepreneurs who have innovative ideas but cannot afford the legal and consultant fees necessary to take their ideas from the drawing board to the production line or otherwise make them a reality. To increase international cooperation in the development of economic and job opporunities. the Rural America Job Assistance and Creation Act would also streamline the immigration visa procedures for HiB professional specialty workers by requiring the submission of the HiB labor condition application to the U.S. Department of Labor at the same time as the classification petition is submitted to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. By reducing unnecessary delays in the processing of these visas. this provision would help facilitate the employment- related travel necessary for border areas like my northemn New York congressional district to further its symbiotic relationship with Canada and thereby create good jobs. Finally. the Rural America Job Assistance and Creation Act would expand the work opportunity tax credit to include both small businesses and individuals found in communities experiencing population loss and low job growth rates such as those in central and northern New York. Approximately 100 such communities would be so designated. subsidizing some 8.000 jobs in each area.