Before we jump to reauthorizing these programs, we should carefully examine how they can better serve youth.

Mr. Speaker, debt collectors often operate with impunity, threatening servicepeople, denying small business owners due process, and harassing customers and homeowners with repeated calls, texts, and emails. Harassment by debt collectors…

Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize an extraordinary public school in my district, less than 1 mile from my house, Wiley Elementary School. For the second time in 5 years, Wiley has been named a top magnet elementary school in the…

The aim of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, the WIOA Youth Programs, is to prepare young adults to embark on successful, fulfilling careers.

I think dual enrollment has been a game-changer for young adults, that they can actually pursue two different lines of education in a much more efficient and productive manner.

For the economy to flourish, it is imperative that our Nation's youth are well-prepared to enter the workforce.

The partnership between Ottumwa and the Indian Hills Community College represents the gold standard for the Job Corps-community college partnership across the country...

I appreciate that we will discuss this with the need for increased employer engagement so that our Federal dollars are going toward programs that actually meet the needs of industry partners.

The business engagement and voice, along with the renewed focus on accountability and performance for taxpayer dollars, will serve our young people well.

Thank you again to our witnesses and to the Chair for convening this very wonderful and very productive bipartisan hearing.

Madam Speaker, at a time when the economy should be roaring back, we just witnessed one of the worst monthly job reports in history because of the Biden administration's socialist policies. Despite States loosening restrictions on…

Mr. Speaker, today, we celebrate National Police Week. After the year our police officers have endured, where radical activists sought to defund them, even with asinine proposals to abolish them, it has never been more important to show…

I want to thank all four of you because all four of you have actually presented solutions to real problems.

I hope this bipartisan hearing is a sign that the Committee will work collaboratively on retirement legislation in our jurisdiction instead of using reconciliation again to move partisan ideas or more expensive bailouts.

Well, I think we keep trying to put Band-aids on programs. And until we look at what is causing these young people to be in the situations they are in, then I think we are doing nothing to improve our culture.

While the program is meant to be an outlet to help disadvantaged youth gain the skills necessary to achieve a good education, the past failures of the program do a disservice to students, staff, and hardworking taxpayers who fund these…

Education for families today is the way that they believe that their children will be able to succeed for the future.

Mr. Speaker, as we celebrate National Police Week, it is important that we remember the innumerable sacrifices that are made every day by the men and women of law enforcement. In communities across America, they serve as the gatekeepers of…