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 > > > > > > > > > > > ===== > end > AIM screen name "dave kp denver" > > -For the best deal in full-featured web hosting: > http://ads.communitech.net/affiliates.cgi?1492 > MPE or NO HP > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup > http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com > > * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * > * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html * * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *