Ayotte Tours Dell Facility in Nashua

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During a stop at Dell's Nashua facility today, U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) met with company officials and toured the design center and lab. Dell officials briefed Ayotte on business operations at the firm, which employs over 600 workers. They also discussed Dell's legislative priorities - including reforming the nation's complex tax code and legislation to reform our nation's broken immigration system. Ayotte supports bipartisan legislation that would reform the nation's legal immigration system to meet America's economic and workforce needs, including a provision that would expand the highly skilled H1-B visa program cap to help address concerns raised by New Hampshire's high-tech industry. H1-B application fees associated with the cap increase would be used to boost science, technology, education, and math (STEM) education programs in the U.S. to help train the next generation of innovators.

"It's exciting to see first-hand the innovative, high-skilled engineering work being done here in New Hampshire for one of the world's leading technology companies," said Ayotte, who serves on the Senate Commerce Committee. "I also received valuable input on ways Washington can help drive job creation - including through tax reform. I've called for reforming our complex tax code to make it simpler and fairer, and for lowering our corporate tax rate - currently among the highest in the world - so that American businesses can be more competitive in the global economy. I will also continue my efforts at the federal level to advance immigration policies that will allow New Hampshire businesses to retain the skilled workers they need so that they can continue to succeed and grow."

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