[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 13593-13594]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 PASS E-VERIFY TO CREATE AMERICAN JOBS

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Texas (Mr. Smith) for 1 minute.
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, for 2 years, 14 million Americans 
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been out of work. Yet illegal workers hold 7 million jobs. It is 
inexcusable that American workers have to compete with illegal 
immigrants for scarce jobs.
  Congress has the opportunity to open up millions of jobs for 
unemployed Americans by requiring all U.S. employers to use E-Verify. 
This program checks the Social Security numbers of new hires. E-Verify 
is free, quick and easy to use. Individuals eligible to work in the 
U.S. are confirmed 99.5 percent of the time.
  The public also supports E-Verify. According to a recent Rasmussen 
poll, 82 percent of likely voters think businesses should be required 
to use E-Verify to determine if a new employee is in the country 
legally. This is one of the most important job creation bills Congress 
should pass and the President should sign.

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