Chairman Schweikert's Remarks | JEC Hearing "Keeping Our Promises: Labor Inflows, Maintaining..."

Joint Economic Committee · March 18, 2026

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Chair opens and frames the question about H‑1B portability vs. points systems

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The chair framed the hearing around whether the current employer‑sponsored H‑1B design suppresses wages and asked panelists whether a points‑based, skills/talent scoring model (used in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Great Britain) would improve portability and reduce wage suppression. He cited Republican Joint Economic economists' models and asked panelists to weigh portability and a talent score approach.

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A Joint Economic Committee hearing examined whether to replace or reform employer‑sponsored H‑1B visas with a points‑based ‘talent’ immigration system, weighing portability, wage effects, fiscal impacts and state/local costs.

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