HAMPTON BEACH – Local business owners sounded alarm bells over an impending worker shortage at Hampton Beach this summer if more J-1 student visas are not processed. U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and recently appointed Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo met with business owners during a roundtable Monday morning at the Seashell Complex. Shaheen and Raimondo were visiting the Hampton area to tout ways a block of $750 million contained in the American Rescue Plan and the American Jobs Plan can be used by businesses and municipalities coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic. John Nyhan, president of the Hampton Area Chamber of Commerce, said the cap on foreign students seeking J-1 visas needs to be lifted beyond the current number. He estimated without the typical influx of foreign students coming to the area for the summer, Hampton Beach will be short approximately 450 seasonal workers alone.