[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17586]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        PROPOSALS TO CREATE JOBS

  (Ms. TITUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. TITUS. Mr. Speaker, recently the Republican leadership handed out 
a blank piece of paper labeled ``Agenda 2014.'' Blank means no goals, 
no plan, no immigration reform, no jobs, no nothing.
  Well, I have a list of proposals that I would like to write on that 
blank slate, proposals that would create jobs, grow the economy, and 
strengthen the middle class. So I will start today by introducing 
commonsense legislation that achieves these objectives and invests in 
our country's ability to compete in the 21st century.
  The Training Highly Skilled Americans Act would use revenue from H-1B 
visas to promote STEM education at minority-serving colleges and 
universities and provide scholarships to minority students who are 
going into STEM fields.
  Science and technology companies are already paying our government to 
bring foreign workers to the U.S. to fill STEM jobs, so why not use 
some of these funds to train our own folks to have these skills to fill 
these jobs in the future? This is particularly critical for minority 
students, who are significantly underrepresented in these fields. By 
opening our doors to STEM education, we will strengthen our education 
system and our economy.

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