A review of pending federal legislation shows a number of items of interest to roofing contractors.
"Foreign workers - legal and illegal, temporary and permanent - play a critical role in our economy and our society," testified Rick Berkman, president of Texas Roofing Co. during his recent appearance before the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Citizenship. "They were vital to our economic growth in the past decade and will be irreplaceable in the next as we face demographic and societal trends that ensure America will not have the number of workers we need to sustain the level of economic growth that America demands."