Alexander Acosta: “I think what happened, as you describe it, is offensive.”

Cutting this critical funding undermines that promise.

So Congressman, I think it's important to recognize, we are not eliminating or doing away with registered apprenticeships. We're creating an alternative for those industries that have found that registered apprenticeship programs don't…

I fully support a provision that says establishments should not be permitted to keep any portion of a tip.

What I am suggesting is that we have a healthcare system that imposes a number of mandates and that is as a Nation getting increasingly, increasingly expensive.