[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 11, 2020)]
[House]
[Pages H1023-H1024]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  GREAT NEWS ON THE ECONOMY THIS WEEK

  (Mr. HARRIS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HARRIS. Madam Speaker, great news on the economy this week: The 
economy added 225,000 jobs in January, and unemployment for Americans 
is at a 50-year low.
  But the booming economy has resulted in worker shortages throughout 
the economy, whether it is for Aubrey Vincent of Lindy's Seafood in my 
district or for Alan Jones at Manor View Farms.
  Right now, there are simply more seasonable jobs open than there are

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Americans available to fill them. And tens of thousands of full-time 
American jobs rely on the availability of sufficient temporary H-2B 
visa workers to meet temporary seasonal labor needs.
  Today, I rise to thank the Trump administration for its past 
decisions to release extra temporary H-2B visas. I realize that 
Congress should have determined the number needed and included that in 
legislation, but Congress failed, and that is why, Madam Speaker, I 
rise to ask the administration to continue to support these seasonal 
businesses and release an adequate number of additional H-2B visas.

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