Washington, D.C. – Compete America, a coalition dedicated to ensuring that the United States has the highly educated and innovative workforce necessary to grow the economy and create quality American jobs, today praised the U.S. House of Representatives for passing the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010. The Senate passed the Act last week, which means it can now go to President Obama for enactment this year.

Washington, D.C. – Compete America, a coalition dedicated to ensuring that the United States has the highly educated and innovative workforce necessary to grow the economy and create quality American jobs, today praised the U.S. Senate for passing the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010.  The U.S. House of Representatives, which passed its own version of the Act earlier this year, must now take up the Senate-passed version.

Washington, D.C. – Compete America, a coalition dedicated to ensuring that the United States has the highly educated and innovative workforce necessary to grow the economy and create American jobs, applauded President Obama’s Executive Order establishing the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics.

Washington, D.C. – Compete America, a coalition dedicated to ensuring that the United States has the highly educated and innovative workforce necessary to grow the economy and create American jobs, today called a new Economic Policy Institute (EPI) study factually incorrect and ignorant of the tremendous contributions highly educated foreign-born professionals make to this country.

Washington, D.C. – Compete America, a coalition dedicated to ensuring that the United States has the highly educated and innovative workforce necessary to grow the economy and create American jobs – and a strong supporter of Comprehensive Immigration Reform –issued the following statement in support of the “Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2010” (S. 3932), introduced yesterday by Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and cosponsored by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT).