students contribute a $41 billion economic impact that supports more than 450,000 jobs. As one of our University Presidents observed, no public good is served by these efforts to deprive international students from continuing to make valuable and necessary contributions to the prosperity of the nation and the impact on the economic interests will be negative and potentially irreversible. This policy is not only punitive to these international students, it also threatens the safety of other students and the communities surrounding college campuses. Additionally, transporting international students who may have been exposed to the coronavirus to other campuses or to airports to fly back to their home countries poses a myriad of health risks. Finally, we understand that both Harvard University and MIT filed suit seeking a preliminary injunction this morning and I am sure others will follow. This litigation will be costly, will take time, and will waste precious judicial resources at a time when we should be focusing on rebuilding our nation. Accordingly, we request that, in the best interest of our nation, you reconsider and rescind the temporary rules to help preserve our higher education system which is, indeed, the envy of the world. Most respectfully, Robert A. DeLeo Jeffrey N. Roy Speaker of the House House Chair Committee on Higher Education Anne Gobi Claire Cronin Senate Chair House Chair Committee on Higher Education Committee on Judiciary Paul McMurtry Patricia A. Haddad House Chair Speaker Pro Tempore Committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development Bradley H. Jones, Jr. Alice H. Peisch House Minority Leader House Chair 20th Middlesex District Committee on Education Joanne M. Comerford William H. Straus Senate Chair House Chair Committee on Public Health Committee on Transportation Lori A. 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