I find that these are the types of things that the local newspaper likes to
read (hint, hint).

Ray Shahan

"Life is what happens while you're busy making plans", John Lennon

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Thomas Darnell [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 1:42 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      OT: H1B Senatorial Canned Responses (was: Correspondence
> From Senator Allard)
>
> I sent Senator Allard some more information on the H1B visa issue,
> commenting about 1) his failure to reply to my rebuttal of his canned
> response, and 2) the use of obsolete canned responses.
>
> What did I get?
>
> the same canned response.
>
> I guess he and his people are NOT READING correspondence from
> constituents!
>
> See below
>
> -Dave Darnell
>
>
>
> --- [log in to unmask] wrote:
> > From pop_server."darnell"@mail.darnell.org Wed Jun 26 11:32:12 2002
> > From: <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Correspondence From Senator Allard
> > Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 13:37:46 -0400
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >                                       June 26, 2002
> >
> >
> >
> > Mr. David Darnell
> > 3515 S. Carr St
> > Denver, Colorado 80235
> >
> >
> >
> > Dear Mr. Darnell:
> >
> > Thank you for your letter regarding the issue of H1-B visas.  I
> > appreciate
> > hearing your thoughts on this very important issue.
> >
> > Senator Hatch's S.2045 passed both the Senate and the House of
> > Representatives and was signed into law by the President on October
> > 17,
> > 2000.  This law temporarily raised the number of visas the federal
> > government allowed annually for highly skilled workers from 115,000
> > this
> > year to 195,000 annually through FY 2002.  These H-1B temporary visas
> > were
> > given for a six-year period to foreigners with special skills,
> > principally
> > in high tech and health care, that were in short supply domestically.
> >
> > Colorado has become a leader in the high tech industry and we have
> > been
> > faced with a shortage of skilled high tech workers much like the rest
> > of
> > America.  It is important for us as a state and a nation to have
> > access to
> > skilled professionals who will allow us to compete in the global
> > market
> > and to keep up with the cutting edge of technology.  In order to do
> > this
> > we need to train American workers and make available the resources so
> > that
> > they can replace the temporary workers we have today. This law
> > requires a
> > modest increase in the fee application fee for H1-B visas which goes
> > toward the funding of programs to encourage more young people to
> > study
> > mathematics, engineering and computer science and to train more
> > Americans
> > in these areas.
> >
> > Again thank you for writing and I look forward to hearing from you in
> > the
> > future.
> >                                               Sincerely,
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >                                               Wayne Allard
> >                                               United States Senator
> >
> >
> > WA:jp
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> =====
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