Keeping Our Promises: Labor Inflows, Maintaining Competitiveness, and Supporting an Aging Population

Joint Economic Committee · March 18, 2026

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Chair introduces topic and goals

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Chair opens the hearing describing a "unified theory of economic growth" and frames demographics — population size and skill composition — as the "one fragility" the committee must address; he asks Senator Hansen to give opening remarks and previews witness introductions.

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A Joint Economic Committee hearing focused on how U.S. demographics and immigration policy — especially high-skilled admissions and H‑1B rules — affect economic growth, fiscal outlook and competitiveness for talent.

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