I think that must be very discouraging for so many of our young people. Madam President. the amendment I am offering today. along with Senator GRASSLEY. is a pretty simple amendment. What it would do is it would prohibit companies that have announced mass layoffs from receiving new visas of any kind. unless these companies could prove that overall employment at their companies would not be reduced by these layoffs. In other words. we are calling their bluff. and we are saying: You cant lay off large numbers of American workers and then tell us you desperately need workers. professionals from abroad. Those companies which are truly experiencing labor shortages would not be impacted by this amendment and could continue to receive increases in foreign workers. but companies that are reducing their U.S. workforce by laying off thousands of Americans would be prevented from importing workers from abroad.