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Last year, this committee worked together to reach a bipartisan
agreement to fund the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and
Education. When we work in partnership, great things can happen. But this bill
takes us in the wrong direction. It pulls the rug out from under our young
people and directly targets the future of our country.
It harms young people by eliminating the summer jobs program, rescinding
funds for the President's Youth Opportunities initiative, cutting the
School-to-Work initiative and weakening U.S. leadership on child labor.
This bill also harms the workers of today and the next generation by
pulling back on the job-training initiatives we need to ensure that all
American workers can bridge the skills gap, climb the economic ladder and
succeed in the global economy.
At precisely a time when employers complain that they cannot find
skilled workers, it is both counterproductive and counter intuitive to cut back
on training, education and investment in America's future. And at a time when
we should be building on recent gains, this bill undermines the work of OSHA
and MSHA and their efforts to protect the health and safety of America's
workers.
Our economy is strong. Our commitment to the workers of today and
tomorrow should be, too. But when it comes to education and training, this bill
scores an F. And as the President has said, he will have no choice but to veto
it. That's the right thing to do because America's working families deserve
better.
Archived News Release--Caution:
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