Tuesday, April 04, 2000 - URGENT! Call your Congressmen and Senators to support the new H-1B visa Bills!
Why: Two H-1B bills, strongly supported by AILA and its business coalition partners, are now pending in the Senate and House.However, in order to ensure that these measures pass, we need your help in gaining votes for the Senate bill and increasing co-sponsorship on the House bill.
What: We urge you and your clients to call your Senators and Representatives (the Congressional Switchboard number is 202-224-3121) with the following messages:
Senate:
Ask your Senator to support S. 2045, the Hatch/Abraham H-1B bill when it comes to the floor for a vote the week of April 10. (A current list of of Senators Email links can be found below.)
Explain the importance of H-1B professionals to your clients/company and its continued growth and success.
Cite specific examples of how the cap’s being reached has/will hurt your clients/company.
Describe how the problem can only get worse if legislation is not passed NOW!
Describe your clients’/company’s commitment to educating/training U.S. workers.
House:
Urge your Representative to co-sponsor H.R. 3983, the Dreier/Lofgren H-1B bill, or thank them for doing so.
Explain the importance of H-1B professionals to your clients/company and its continued growth and success.
Cite specific examples of how the cap’s being reached has/will hurt your clients/company.
Describe how the problem can only get worse if legislation is not passed NOW!
Describe your clients’/company’s commitment to educating/training U.S. workers.
Summaries of the bills and talking points are available in the Advocacy Center on AILA InfoNet or by contacting the Advocacy Department at 202-216-2400.
Please remember to call tomorrow! Again, the Congressional Switchboard number is 202-224-3121.
Click your Senator's name to send an email!:
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah): Chairman -- primary sponsor of S. 2045
Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-SC)
Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-IA)
Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA)
Sen. Jon L. Kyl (R-AZ)
Sen. Mike DeWine (R-OH)
Sen. John Ashcroft (R-MO)
Sen. Spencer Abraham (R-MI)
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
Sen. Robert C. Smith (R-NH)
Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-VT)
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA)
Sen. Joseph R. Biden (D-DE)
Sen. Herbert H. Kohl (D-WI)
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI
Sen. Robert G. Torricelli (D-NJ)
Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)
S. 2045 will keep our economy growing. Support S. 2045.
There is a shortage of professional workers. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan has said this professional worker shortage poses a threat to our continued economic boom, and that one solution may be to increase the cap on H-1B workers.
S. 2045 does just that, and is a short-term solution to the nation's shortage of skilled professional workers.
