FOR PLANNING PURPOSES CONTACT: Steve Forde
August 11, 2006 (202) 225-4527

***MEDIA ADVISORY***

U.S. Reps. Charlie Norwood, Tom Price, Nathan Deal to Lead Hearing on Impact of Immigration on Worker Wages

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Monday, August 14, 2006 at 11am (ET), the U.S. House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Charlie Norwood (R-GA), will hold a hearing on “Immigration: Economic Impact on American Workers and their Wages” at the federal courthouse in Gainesville, Georgia.

The hearing is one in a series the House Education & the Workforce Committee is holding nationwide to examine key aspects of and proposed changes to U.S. border security and enforcement, with a particular focus on the U.S. workforce.

This hearing will focus on the impact of illegal immigration on the wages of American workers, while examining wage-related provisions of both the House and Senate immigration proposals. At a hearing held last month in Washington, the House Education & the Workforce Committee heard concerns of witnesses about a requirement in the Senate immigration bill that would force some employers to pay guest-workers prevailing wages, even if the same right is not extended to American workers doing the same job in the same city.

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WHAT: Hearing on “Immigration: Economic Impact on American Workers and their Wages”

WHO: Rep. Charlie Norwood (R-GA) – Chairman, House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections

Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) – Member, House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections

Rep. Nathan Deal (R-GA) – Member, U.S. House of Representatives

WHEN: Monday, August 14, 2006, 11am (ET)

WHERE: Federal Courthouse, 121 Spring Street SE, Gainesville, Georgia

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WITNESS LIST

Gary Black

President

Georgia Agribusiness Council

Commerce, Georgia

Phil Kent

National Spokesman

Americans for Immigration Control

Atlanta, Georgia

D.A. King

President

Dustin Inman Society

Marietta, Georgia

Hon. Chip Pearson

Georgia State Senator

Dawsonville, Georgia

Dr. Jeffrey Wenger, PhD

Assistant Professor of Public Policy

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia

Terry Yellig, Esq.

Sherman, Dunn, Cohen, Leifer, & Yellig

Washington, D.C.

***Other witnesses and participating Members may be announced.