His plea was supported in a letter from the Semiconductor Industry Association, which represents many large technology employers.
Technology employers said they used the visas to hire foreigners with exceptional skills.
Mr. Edouard graduated from the University of Florida in 2011 and considered enlisting in Teach for America, but he also had multiple offers from technology employers.
Ms. Lofgren offered letters of support for her proposal from the nation's biggest technology employers, including Intel, Oracle and Texas Instruments.
Management consultants now tell technology employers that the best way to tap into the creativity of their employees is to establish fun workplaces.
Job cuts announced by technology employers were down 60percentt in the second quarter, compared with the previous quarter, according to Challenger Gray & Christmas, the outplacement firm.
The L-1 visa has grown in use, rising nearly 40percentto to 57,700, last year from 1999, and some say technology employers are switching to this type of visa.
In Charlotte, North Carolina, Apprenticeship 2000 provides training courses for industry in fields such as machine technology; employers pay the fees, help to write the curriculum and guarantee a job afterwards.
The program was launched at NAB in March 2014 with a vision for active change based on the four pillars of "develop, experience, connect and community" for one of Melbourne's biggest technology employers.
Major technology employers like Microsoft, Oracle and others have been calling for years for more visas for foreigners with computer, engineering and mathematics skills, saying they have more jobs than they can fill with Americans who are graduating in those fields from American universities.
