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OPA News Release: [09/24/2005]
Contact Name: David James
Phone Number: (202) 693-4676
Release Number: 05-1819-NAT

Statement of U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao on "Flexibility for Displaced Worker Act" Signed Into Law Today

WASHINGTON— U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao issued the following statement on the "Flexibility for Displaced Worker Act," signed today by President Bush.

"President Bush's action today will accelerate the Gulf region's recovery by providing more jobs, more job training and other supportive services to survivors of Hurricane Katrina. It gives the Department of Labor the flexibility we need to get more help to more people as quickly as possible."

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