Paul Ryan's Christmas Warning: American Companies Will Shut Down Without More Foreign Workers

Breitbart ^ | December 23, 2015 | Julia Hahn

[maggief]

In a Tuesday morning interview with radio host Bill Bennett, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI)56% defended his omnibus bill's controversial expansion in the H-2B visa program, which would allow foreign workers to fill blue-collar American jobs, by arguing that if the provision were not included, American companies would be forced to shut their doors.

Bennett pressed Ryan on the details of the H-2B visa expansion, slipped 700-pages into Ryan's 2,009-page omnibus spending bill-asking Ryan directly, "Do you believe there are not enough Americans to fill these jobs?"

In response, Ryan described the H-2B visa expansion as "a very small, discrete provision."

Despite the nation's high levels of unemployment and stagnating wages, Ryan continued on to assert, without offering evidence in support of his claim, that corporations are facing a shortage of labor, which rendered the provision necessary. Ryan said:

The reason that this was passed is because there was some seasonal surge jobs that they can't find local workers to fill, like the seafood packaging industry in Chesapeake Bay. You have seafood season, you need people to package those things, to can them. In the North, we have the summer tourism industry. What it is is there's seasonal industries where they can't find local people to do the jobs: kids are already in college or things like that where you have a surge in workers.

[nomad]

If they won`t hire Americans and will shut down without foreigners, then let them shut down. Someone else will pick up where that traitor failed and do work with Americans. It`s pure BULL that Americans won`t work, they just need to be pushed by closing down as much of the dead-beat programs as possible.

[Norm Lenhart]

UN VIABLE

[RC one]

I’d call that bluff.

[JudyinCanada]

And cut out the welfare payments to able-bodied men. If they want to survive, then will learn how to harvest crops very quickly. Hunger is a great motivator.

[vmivol00]

Hey Ryan, name them you slimy lying turd.

[JesusIsLord]

Each of us have (2) Senators and (1) House Representative. More than posting here on FR, we need to practice contacting our representatives for every issue that concerns us - and tell them just what we think.

The lookup link for your HR Rep is found at the top right of this page: http://www.house.gov/

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[ronnie raygun]

Idiot a##wipes on parade, and they cant figure out the Trump phenomena but they continue to f us as if we dont exist

[Does so]

American Companies Will Shut Down Without More Foreign Workers

American companies will shut down under the onslaught of foreign Terrorists.

[jmaroneps37]

Stick a sock in it you little weasel!

[wrench]

Once they are in office, they are totally unresponsive to constituents. Offer half a million bucks or more to their “campaign fund”, and they will return your call.

[unread]

"Corporations are facing a shortage of labor, which rendered the provision necessary. Ryan said."

Wow...somebody get a rope.

[Caipirabob]

Well get rid of Obamacare and tyrannical tax policies you traitor!

[niteowl77]

He’s as bad as Boehner if not worse.

He's worse. Much worse. This guy is absolutely without scruples or remorse, and he intends to deliver what his masters want regardless of the cost. The GOP-e replaced Boehner with a more effective "Terminator."

Mr. niteowl77

[rhoda_penmark]

I think his focus is on the fact that normal working people must be bussed in to get work done in places they can’t afford to live.

A good example is Hilton Head island SC. Anybody been there care to take a guess where the hotel/service industry employees live? Far far away on the swampy mossy mainland, my friends. Amercans will just stay on the dole before they work that hard to get to a crappy paying job.

I’m guessing the Massachusetts coast economics are similar.

[If You Want It Fixed - Fix It]

Sounds like global warming scare technique.

[HonkyTonkMan]

Ryan is a major disappointment

[tennmountainman]

93 million Americans are not working.
Big business can find the skill sets they need within that 93 million.

[rhoda_penmark]

It’s true, though. If you have seafood ready to process, you can’t schlong around too long begging Americans to work.

[Flick Lives]

Dems and GOPe. This is much like in Star Wars where we discover the enemy Separatists and the Republic Clone Army are being directed by the same Sith Lord Palpatine.

[ripnbang]

I contact mine frequently by phone and email. My rep (a good man, former county sheriff) after a few terms has decided not to run for re-election. Probably got sick of it. My senators, well....one is Bill Nelson who is lockstep with Obama, and the other is Rubio who is a little too pre-occupied right now to do his job he was actually elected to do.