Subject: U.S. Chamber Statement on Procurement and Visa Executive Order
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Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2017 15:07:54 -0600
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Due to your interest in this issue, I wanted to make
sure you saw the Chamber's statement in response to the President's most recent
Executive Order. I have talked to many of you and
understand the importance of the H1B Program to your companies.

If you have any specific questions, please let me know. I
will also keep you updated on our work related to today's action.

Thank you.

Tim Day
Senior Vice President, C_TEC

https://www.uschamber.com 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - April
18, 2017

Contact: Blair
Latoff Holmes

(202) 463-5682

https://www.uschamber.com/press-release/us-chamber-statement-procurement-and-visa-executive-order 
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U.S. Chamber Statement on Procurement and Visa Executive Order

WASHINGTON, D.C. -U.S. Chamber of Commerce Senior
Vice President and Chief Policy Officer Neil Bradley issued the following
statement today regarding President Trump's Executive Order related to
procurement and H-1B visas:  

"The U.S. Chamber's first priority is to ensure American businesses
and workers have access to the goods, services, and human capital needed
to compete in a global economy.

"Economic growth requires a skilled workforce, so it should be a
priority to make sure American workers have the skills required to fill
open jobs with American companies. It would be a mistake to close the
door on high-skilled workers from around the world who can contribute to
American businesses' growth and expansion and make the U.S. more
competitive around the world. The H-1B program plays an important
role in addressing this need, but it can be improved.

"Further, many 'Made-in-USA' goods and services are the best in the
world. That's why the Chamber has long argued that U.S. companies and
workers need a 'Buy American, Sell American' strategy. We don't just want
Americans to buy them; we want to sell them to the 95 percent of the
world's consumers who live outside the United States, too. However,
expanding current 'Buy American' rules in U.S. law would make it more
difficult to spur growth and jobs here at home.

"If the goal is to grow the economy and create jobs, which the
administration has indicated, it's important to open more procurement
markets for American companies and attract the best and brightest talent.
We look forward to working with the administration to accomplish those
shared goals."

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the world's largest business
federation representing the interests of more than 3 million businesses
of all sizes, sectors, and regions, as well as state and local chambers
and industry associations.

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