strong compliance with our rules and regulations. increased in our r 1 visa has had sharply negative effect on our r 1 cease applicants and the important humanitarian work they do. will you please follow up with director cessna and ask him to give this request all possible consideration? absolutely. yes, sir. thank you. this issue may not be a headline grabber but it is tremendously important to me and to my state. i would be pushing upon it. i d like to turn to h1v visas. reports indicate the department is preparing to rescind a 2015 rule allowing spouses of visa holders to obtain work authorization if the visa holder is being sponsored for a green card. i have to say that the 2015 rule