Precountry new narkal limitation for employmentbased immigrants to increase the per country numerical limitation for familysponsored immigrants, and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from california,s. Colorado, mr. Buck, will each control 20 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentlewoman from california. Mrs. Love gren i ask unanimous consent that address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Ms. Lofgren i yield myself such time as i may consume. Mr. Speaker, i rise today in support of h. R. 1044, the fairness for high schooled immigrants act, a bipartisan bill that would make a modest but important change to our immigration laws to alleviate hardships associated with lengthy visa backlogs. Let me begin by explaining what this bill does do and does not do. H. R. 1044 does not increase the overall number of immigrant visas that are available each year. Although raising the ceiling on visas is the only viable
Or join the conversation on facebook. Com cspan. Send us an email, journal cspan. Org. We will get your thoughts in a minute. Joining us on the phone is sarah mimms, staff correspondent at national journal. Lets begin with what is happening on the floor in the house and senate. Guest sure. The senate particularly is really interesting. They are coming in in very much the same position they were last week. They still have a Human Trafficking bill holding them up. They still need to confirm Loretta Lynch. They are still looking at the iran nuclear deal. Mitch mcconnell indicated he thinks they are making progress on the Human Trafficking deal. Once that gets done, that is going to be the beginning of dominoes that will allow Loretta Lynch and iran to get done. All of that this week. Host serve the house is looking at Cyber Security legislation that they will vote on. Off the floor house and Senate Negotiators are meeting to try to iron out the differences on the 2016 budget. What are the
Position with the Social Security administration for years ago, looking for more stability. But now with the Government Shutdown, financial worries that originally came with his last job have resurfaced. When i lose the big income, its almost like there is no income. I do have a parttime job, but it doesnt sustain the bills. Erin, who is a stayathome mom, has thought about parttime work, but she has to care for three kids, and now has to worry about when her husbands next check will come in. Unfortunately, the story is seen over and over around the state, single income families are families living paycheck to paycheck who want to get back to work to support their family, left in a very frustrating position because of the politicians on capitol hill who cannot come to an agreement. My husband has to work two jobs for us to survive. Understand, they are still getting paid and they cannot come to a decision. Some federal workers around the state will also start filing for unemployment bec