Shri Thanedar: “There is a need for skilled workforce. There is a need for…”

“… to say jobs are going down and yet you want to double the number of foreign visa workers and you still think that that's going to help native born Americans. There is a need for skilled workforce. There is a need for engineers. The innovation, technology, entrepreneurship, all of. Well, I think Americans can do those jobs too. I think we need both. We need both. All right. Okay.” (02:00–02:05)

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