March 12, 1998 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S1819 So it is my hope that we will all take We cannot allow the criminal ele- protection if this person, in their cow- a deep breath, let Mr. Starr continue ment to have the upper hand. One ardly manner, gets out and shoots his investigation, put it on the back thing we can do is what we are doing in them. These body protectors will stop a burner, take the pressure off the Presi- this legislation to protect law enforce- bullet from killing them. It will still dent, give him the presumption of in- ment officers all over the country, in- hurt, but it will stop the bullet from nocence until the investigation is com- cluding the State of Nevada, who put killing them. pleted, and give Mr. Starr the similar their lives on the line every day to pro- I express my appreciation to the sen- presumption of propriety as to what he tect us—our property and our person. ior Senator from Virginia for his kind is doing so we can move forward to the Boulder City Police Officer David comments and his usually fine advo- very important business at hand in this Mullin, who acts as the chief of police cacy on behalf of the people of Virginia country, including the ISTEA legisla- of Boulder City said: and this country. tion. These vests are real life savers. They not Mr. WARNER. I thank the Senator, I note the hour of 10:45 has come. And only help protect officers from attacks in- and I ask unanimous consent I be made ISTEA is the pending business which volving guns and knives, they have [even] a cosponsor of the bill. saved many officers from major injuries or The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without will occupy the country, much to the death in traffic accidents. Unfortunately, [he benefit of the country, contrasted with goes on to say] there is a real difficulty in objection, it is so ordered. the matters relating to Mr. Starr and meeting purchasing and replacement [costs f the President on that pending inves- of these instruments]. TRIBUTE TO MR. GEORGE T. tigation. These body-protection elements will SINGLEY, III I thank the Chair and yield the floor. go a long way in helping law enforce- f ment in Nevada. Bulletproof vests can Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I would cost $1,000. They cost that much like to recognize the professional dedi- THE BULLETPROOF VEST cation, vision, and public service of Mr. PARTNERSHIP ACT money. Nevada Highway Patrol Col. Michael E. Hood recently recounted a George T. Singley, III. He is retiring Mr. REID. Mr. President, during a story about Maj. Dan Hammack, of the after 33 years of military and civilian much earlier stage in my life, I was a Nevada Highway Patrol. He stopped service in the Department of Defense, police officer. It was a different time. someone. The person immediately got most recently, as Acting Director of Police officers were treated much dif- out of the car—this is a routine traffic Defense Research and Engineering ferently then than now. One of the stop —and shot Major Hammack in the [DDR&E]. A native of Delaware, and a things I did not have to worry about stomach. Had he been wearing this long time Virginia resident, Mr. was wearing any type of bulletproof armor, he would not have been injured Singley is a nationally and inter- vest or body armor. That is not the at all. nationally renowned technology leader. case today. Things are much different Unfortunately, the accounts of Chief As both Deputy and Acting Director of than when I was a police officer. David Mullin and Highway Patrol Col. Defense Research and Engineering, he Now all law enforcement officers in Michael Hood are stories that are has guided our nation’s Science and the United States, sadly, must be con- heard all over the country on a daily Technology (S&T) defense effort for cerned about being shot or in some way basis. The Bulletproof Vest Partner- several years. harmed as a result of their being a po- ship Act will ensure that all our law His extraordinary vision and strong lice officer. Because of that, Mr. Presi- enforcement officials will have the leadership have dramatically enhanced dent, I am very happy to commend this ability to be equipped and protected for the defense S&T program. This con- body for the passage of the Bulletproof their jobs. I think this legislation tribution significantly improved our Vest Partnership Act, which was should move as quickly as possible in efforts to field a force whose techno- passed last night by unanimous con- the House so we can save the lives of logical superiority remains unchal- sent in this body. I commend Senators police officers on a daily basis in this lenged, now, and well into the next LEAHY, CAMPBELL and HATCH for work- country. century. He has focused the defense ing on this legislation with this Sen- Mr. WARNER addressed the Chair. S&T program on developing capabili- ator and others. We ask that this mat- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ties necessary to achieve the goals of ter be acted on very quickly by the ator from Virginia. future joint warfighting, as expressed House and sent to the President as Mr. WARNER. I say to the Senator, I in the Chairman’s Joint Vision 2010. soon as possible. would very much like to be a cosponsor Before coming to DDR&E, Mr. This bipartisan legislation creates a with the Senator. I find, Mr. President, Singley served as the Deputy Assistant $25 million fund and a 50 percent in my work in the Senate that when Secretary of the Army for Research matching grant program within the Senator REID speaks, I listen. He has and Technology. He was responsible for Department of Justice to help State made a very valuable contribution to the Army’s entire S&T program. This and local law enforcement agencies the highway bill as a member of our program, spanning 21 laboratories and purchase body armor and bulletproof committee. I have followed this same centers with approximately 10,000 sci- vests. The State of Nevada will receive subject for some time. I know that law entists/engineers had an annual budget at least $200,000 each year for this. enforcement across the land would be of $1.4 billion. Mr. Singley also was the According to the Federal Bureau of heartened by this initiative. It is long chief scientist to both the Secretary of Investigation, more than 30 percent of overdue, Senator. the Army and the Assistant Secretary the approximately 1,200 police officers Mr. REID. I say to my friend from of the Army for Research, Development who have been killed by firearms since Virginia, the law enforcement officials and Acquisition. As a Program Execu- 1980—30 percent, I repeat—would have in Virginia have the same difficulty as tion Officer in the Army, he led five had their lives saved if they had been the law enforcement officials in Ne- helicopter program offices. He pio- wearing bulletproof vests or body vada and the rest of the country. As we neered the Light Helicopter Experi- armor of some kind. come home late at night, I see, along mental (LHX) program, better known The FBI estimates that the risk of the parkway going to my home in Vir- as Comanche, which became the fatality to officers while not wearing ginia, police officers have pulled some- Army’s first stealth helicopter pro- these body protectors is almost 14 body over. It is dark at night and they gram. A truly remarkable career. times higher than those wearing such are out there alone. That is a frighten- Mr. Singley is Chairman of the Exec- body protection. We hear all the time ing thing. Think of how that man or utive Board of the American Helicopter about police officers who do not have woman who has to do that feels in the Society. He served as their President the same protection that criminals dead of night, pulling over somebody, from May 1996 through April 1997. He is have. And that is the truth. It is a sad and they don’t know for sure who is in a past Vice President of the Army state of affairs when criminals many the car. They know something is wrong Aviation Association of America, and a times are better protected on our or they wouldn’t pull the car over. member of the Association of the streets than our law enforcement offi- What this legislation does is give United States Army. His numerous cials are. them an even break. They have some awards include: S1820 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE March 12, 1998 Meritorious Executive Presidential March 9, 1998 edition of the Wall Street turned its back on high-tech again, as I re- Rank Award (twice); Journal, Dr. T.J. Rodgers the President cently told the Senate Judiciary Committee, Secretary of Defense Meritorious Ci- and Chief Executive Officer of Cypress where I was joined by representatives of vilian Service Awards; Semiconductor Corporation, clearly ar- Intel, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems and Texas Instruments. Commerce Secretary Secretary of Defense Award for Ex- ticulated why this country needs in- William Daley has said that an increase in cellence; creased access to skilled professionals. H1–B immigration is ‘‘not feasible’’—Wash- Distinguished Executive Presidential The author is widely considered to be a ington-speak for ‘‘drop dead.’’ But Sen. Spen- Rank Award; leading authority on high-tech issues cer Abraham (R., Mich.), for one, is listening. American Defense Preparedness As- and recently offered his expertise on He introduced legislation last week that sociation Firepower Award; the H1–B visa issue in a Senate Judici- would raise the H1–B cap by a modest 25,000. University of Delaware College Dis- ary Committee hearing on the shortage The claim that skilled HI–B immigrants tinguished Engineering Alumnus; of high-tech workers in America. I urge take jobs from Americana is preposterous. Exceptional Civilian Service Award; my colleagues to read Dr. Rodger’s Did Hungarian immigrant and Intel CEO educated summary of this serious prob- Andy Grove take some ‘‘real’’ American’s Meritorious Civilian Service (twice); job, or did he help to create 50,000 high-qual- Department of Army Staff Badge; lem and consider a bill I introduced ity jobs? and last week with Senators HATCH, Engineers create jobs. Cypress employs 470 American Helicopter Society Grover MCCAIN, DEWINE, SPECTER and GRAMS, engineers our of 2,771 employees. Each engi- S. Bell Award for Rotorcraft Research; S. 1723, the ‘‘American Competitiveness neer thus creates five additional jobs to He has more than 20 technical publi- Act,’’ which seeks to address the seri- make, administer and sell the products he cations and numerous technical arti- ous issues raised in Dr. Rodger’s arti- develops. A disproportionate number of our cles to credit. cle. research-and-development engineers-37%-are I know that Mr. Singley’s wife Max- Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- immigrants, typical for Silicon Valley. Had sent that Dr. Rodger’s article be in- we been prevented from hiring those 172 im- ine, and his children, George, Kristine, migrant engineers, we couldn’t have created serted into the RECORD. and Dean, and the Department of De- about 860 other jobs, 70% of which are in the fense are proud of his accomplish- There being no objection, the article U.S. ments. My colleagues join me in wish- was ordered to be printed in the Cypress now employs 2,011 U.S. citizens, an ing George ‘fair winds and following RECORD, as follows: accomplishment unachievable without immi- seas’ as he pursues many new and ex- GIVE US YOUR TIRED, YOUR POOR—AND YOUR grants. Four of our 10 vice presidents are im- citing challenges in the private sector. ENGINEERS migrants. Lothar Maler, our vice president The Nation and our military are in- Last year, the U.S. Labor Department in- of manufacturing, emigrated from Germany terrupted four key projects at my company, as a child. He joined us with an engineering debted to you for your many years of Cypress Semiconductor: a memory chip for degree and a stint at Intel under his belt, distinguished service. Internet applications, a microcontroller chip and now manages 1,067 workers in six plants. f for personal computers, our chip-manufac- John Torode, our chief technology officer, turing control system and our most ad- came to the U.S. after World War II with his THE VERY BAD DEBT BOXSCORE vanced CMOS process technology, which per- father, a British sailor. After obtaining his Mr. HELMS. Mr. President, at the mits the design of very low-power integrated doctorate and a computer science professor- close of business yesterday, Wednes- circuits. ship at the University of California, Berke- day, March 11, 1998, the federal debt The reason? U.S. high-tech companies had ley, John started our computer products di- hit the annual cap of 65,000 H1–B visas, which stood at $5,528,971,446,018.69 (Five tril- vision, which makes the clock chips used to allow highly skilled foreigners to work in synchronize 20 million personal computers a lion, five hundred twenty-eight billion, the U.S. As a result, we had to lay off highly year. nine hundred seventy-one million, four skilled technology workers who were waiting Emmanuel Hernandez, our chief financial hundred forty-six thousand, eighteen for their visas, delaying the sale of millions officer, was an all-star employee at National dollars and sixty-nine cents). of new chips and the creation of hundreds of Semiconductor, Silicon Valley’s second-larg- One year ago, March 11, 1997, the fed- manufacturing jobs. est chip company, which transferred him to eral debt stood at $5,357,359,000,000 We have 16 other projects backlogged due the U.S. from the Philippines. Tony Alvarez, to engineering shortages—and that’s not sur- our vice president of R&D, fled Castro-con- (Five trillion, three hundred fifty- prising when the unemployment rate in elec- seven billion, three hundred fifty-nine trolled Cuba, in 1961 and now directs the 113 trical engineering is a rock-bottom 0.4%. Al- engineers who develop our most advanced million). though we recruit on 27 college campuses technologies. Tony’s chief scientist, Jose and hire all the immigrants we’re allowed, Five years ago, March 11, 1993, the Arreola, emigrated from Mexico to get his Cypress cannot find enough engineers to federal debt stood at $4,211,257,000,000 doctorate and now manages an elite group of grow at its full potential. So it goes across (Four trillion, two hundred eleven bil- 30 engineers, 24 of whom have postgraduate Silicon Valley: The information Technology lion, two hundred fifty-seven million). degrees and 20 of whom are legal immi- Association of America says there are grants. Pat Buchanan derided immigrants Ten years ago, March 11, 1988, the $346,000 unfilled skilled positions nationwide. during his 1996 presidential campaign, call- federal debt stood at $2,482,356,000,000 In a survey, the association’s members say ing them ‘‘Jose.’’ Our Jose his made Cy- (Two trillion, four hundred eighty-two this engineering crunch is the No. 1 factor press’s 2,011 American employees better off. billion, three hundred fifty-six mil- inhibiting the growth of their companies. Pierre Lamond, our chairman, received an lion). And yet Washington is sending immigrants home, including many new graduates of advanced degree in France, and was then re- Fifteen years ago, March 11, 1983, the cruited to work at Fairchild Semiconductor, federal debt stood at $1,225,057,000,000 American colleges. Half of technology doc- torates awarded by U.S. universities go to which he left to become a founder of Na- (One trillion, two hundred twenty-five foreign nationals. The president of Taiwan’s tional Semiconductor. Today Pierre’s ven- billion, fifty-seven million) which re- Winbond Semiconductor, just penalized by ture-capital fund, Sequoia Partners, has pro- flects a debt increase of more than $4 the International Trade Commission for vided capital to 200 Silicon Valley companies trillion—$4,303,914,446,018.69 (Four tril- dumping in the U.S., has a doctorate from (including Apple and Genentech) with a total lion, three hundred three billion, nine Princeton. market value of $175 billion and more than 150,000 employees. Eric Benhamou, another hundred fourteen million, four hundred The labor shortage is getting worse. Last year Washington cut off H1–B immigration Cypress director, fled with his parents to forty-six thousand, eighteen dollars for one month. This year it will be four France during the 1960 Algerian civil war. and sixty-nine cents) during the past 15 months, unless Congress increases the H1–B After his Stanford education, he became CEO years. quota. The administration has opted for the of 3Com Corp., the leading Internet infra- f immigration shutdown because it wants to structure supplier with 100 million cus- ‘‘protect’’ American workers from ‘‘cheap’’ tomers and 13,200 employees. THE CASE FOR INCREASED immigrant labor, a doubly incorrect posi- The conclusion is clear: Our immigrant ex- ACCESS TO SKILLED PERSONNEL tion. In fact, skilled immigrants create new ecutives, directors and engineers have cre- MR. ABRAHAM. Mr. President, I rise jobs for native-born Americans, and a Cato ated thousands of new American jobs. The today to share with my colleagues an Institute study shows that long-term unem- competition for workers is so intense in Sili- con Valley that cypress’s average San Jose important article on the severe prob- ployment is lower and wages higher in cities and states with higher immigrant concentra- employee—excluding the executive staff and lems U.S. companies, particularly in tions. me—now earns $81,860 annually, including the high technology sector, are facing Yet the Clinton-Gore administration, an benefits. The immigrant executives I have with regards to skilled workers. In the off-and-on friend of Silicon Valley, has cited all earn six-figure incomes. Whose pay