@richardburr· Republican · NC· Apr 12, 2011
I joined several of my colleagues in introducing the Veterans Employment Transition Act of 2011, which would provide tax incentives to employers to hire veterans.
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@richardburr· Republican · NC· Apr 12, 2011
The cream of the crop of America's youth serve in our military. When they enter the military, they raised their right hand and they swear an oath to the people of this country in front of God that they will be willing to give their life in…
@richardburr· Republican · NC· Apr 12, 2011
These are elementary to employment opportunities regardless of whether you are a servicemember or a graduate out of high school.
@richardburr· Republican · NC· Apr 12, 2011
The model of the way forward is not to replicate what we have been doing.
@richardburr· Republican · NC· Apr 12, 2011
On behalf of all of us, I would like to thank all four of you for your personal commitment to serve this country.
@richardburr· Republican · NC· Apr 12, 2011
Now if they are career, they are getting a lot of education while they are in the military, but the education that the young ones are getting, they do not realize it.
@richardburr· Republican · NC· Apr 12, 2011
Our problem today is putting veterans in a job. It is enabling them to get a paycheck and to feel the worth of the service that they committed to.
@richardburr· Republican · NC· Apr 12, 2011
We cannot leave our Nation's veterans behind.
@richardburr· Republican · NC· Apr 12, 2011
It seems like we always come together and talk about the cookie-cutter programs that we come up with.
@richardburr· Republican · NC· Apr 12, 2011
Who should be held responsible for the pitiful placement of our country's veterans, which agency?
@richardburr· Republican · NC· Apr 12, 2011
But I hope that for the programs that do not measure outcomes, that you are as disgusted as I am that we would continue to fund those efforts.
@richardburr· Republican · NC· Apr 12, 2011
all but three of those programs overlapped with at least one other program and five programs that specifically targeted veterans provided seven similar types of services.
@richardburr· Republican · NC· Apr 12, 2011
It is time to take real and comprehensive steps to put our veterans back to work.
@richardburr· Republican · NC· Apr 12, 2011
we should start by figuring out which programs are working well and which are not.
@richardburr· Republican · NC· Apr 12, 2011
For-profit institutions are under the crosshairs of the sniper's rifle in Washington right now.
@richardburr· Republican · NC· Apr 12, 2011
I would ask you, Ray, to figure out what Department of Labor can do.
@virginiafoxx· Republican · NC· Apr 12, 2011
Mr. Speaker, $14.4 trillion, that's the approximate size of our Nation's economy; $14.2 trillion, that's the size of our Nation's debt--a record high and growing. Soon our debt will surpass our economy. Let's be clear: No nation that deep…