Key Issues
Our economic dilemma is about parents who are finding it difficult to put food on the table and families who are losing their homes. But it is also about national security. Our enemies want our economy to fail. A weakened economy makes us an easier target.
We need to rebuild our economy for both reasons. We need to make the American Dream real again for all who believe hard work and perseverance give them a real shot at realizing it. In doing so, we hand our enemies a defeat and strengthen American families.
One of the quickest ways that Congress can open up millions of jobs for American workers is to pass the Legal Workforce Act. The act would make it mandatory for all employers to use E-Verify – an easy-to-use, accurate, computer-based employee verification system that ensures employees have a legal right to work in the United States. More than 7 million people take American jobs by working illegally in the United States. Under the act, many of those 7 million jobs will be available to American workers when E-Verify is fully implemented.
The economy is not the only challenge we face. As Vice Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee and a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, where I serve as Chairman of the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement, I consider some of the crucial challenges facing Americans today, from terrorism here and abroad, to trade and the global economy, to crime and immigration.
This section provides information on what my colleagues in Congress and I are doing on the economy, illegal immigration, terrorists, and criminals. I hope you find it informative.
Key Issues
• Crime & Justice
• Economy & Jobs
• E-Verify – Congress’ largest jobs bill
• Fairness for Metrolink Victims
• Los Padres Conservation and Recreation Act
• Terrorism
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