2002: House Judiciary comm vote on Sensenbrenner INS reorg (HR 3231)
Voted in favor of INS restructuring bill in committee in 2002
House Judiciary Committee
H.R. 2278: HJC final vote (2013)
2013: House Judiciary Committee vote on H.R. 2278, the SAFE Act, introduced by Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.)
2005: H Judiciary comm vote on HR4337, Sensenbrenner enforcement
Voted in committee in favor of bill to increase border security and interior enforcement in 2005
2004: House Judiciary Vote on HR 775,end visa lottery
Voted as part of the Judiciary Committee to end the visa lottery in 2004
2004: House ImmSubComm vote on HR 775, end visa lottery
Voted in subcommittee to end the visa lottery in 2004
Rep. ZZlastnameZZ voted as part of the House Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims in favor of H.R. 775, the Security and Fairness Enhancement for America Act of 2003, to end the visa lottery that each year awards another 50,000 visas to people without any regard to humanitarian need or skill level. H.R. 775 was passed by the House Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims by a vote of 5-3.
2000 H-1B increase: final comm vote (H.R.4227)
Voted in 2000 against importing more foreign workers
1998 H1B increase: comm. (HR3736)
Helped House Judiciary Committee craft limited H-1B bill with
protections for American workers in 1998
2000: H-1B Waters amend- require minority recruitment(A-H.R.4227)
Voted for minority hiring and recruitment in 2000
Rep. ZZlastnameZZ voted for the Waters amendment to H.R.4227. This amendment would have required corporations to show some level of hiring and recruitment among Blacks and Hispanics, or the H-1B program would be shut down. The amendment was defeated 12-17.
2000: Smith Amend require 98 wker protect in effect (A-H.R.4227)
Voted in committee for worker protections in 2000
Rep. ZZlastnameZZ voted as part of the House Judiciary Committee for the Smith/Jackson Lee/Goodlatte Amendment to H.R.4227. This amendment required that the worker protections from the 1998 AICWA (H-1B) bill be in effect by September 1, 2000. These are important worker protections that were included in the 1998 H-1B increase bill, but have yet to be put into effect. The amendment passed 24-7.
2003: House Judiciary vote on King amend to HR 1954
Voted to reduce chain migration by requiring that aliens must be in the country legally to get citizenship based on military service in 2003
1998 strike wker H1B protect: comm. (A-HR3736)
Voted in committee to protect American workers in 1998.
