An annual expenditure of $2 billion yields a return of nearly $30 billion.

Thank you. Thank you very much.

Without your backing we wouldn't be here today.

I really take that as a testament to the workforce board's ability to look across and operate in partnership with a wide variety of organizations.

Yet the system--at a time when there were six or seven jobseekers for every job opening, consistently had job placement rates of 50 percent or better.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Special Committee on Aging be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, on June 19, 2013, to conduct a hearing entitled ``Social Security Payments Go Paperless: Protecting Seniors…

Mr. President, I would like to point out to everyone that we had hours and hours of debate, with over 100 amendments offered, and no one offered an amendment on the debt ceiling limit. As part of the agreement in order to go to conference…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 19, 2013, at 10 a.m. in room 253 of the Russell Senate Office Building. The…

I have greatly enjoyed working with them, and have appreciated everything they've done to ensure that we are providing the education and training required by workers and employers to meet today's economic challenges.

It has been 15 years since we reauthorized this, and the world has changed dramatically.

I want to express my gratitude to you and Ranking Member Alexander for holding this hearing today.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 19, 2013, at 2 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. committee on the…

As we all know, much has changed in that time.

Mr. President, I ask unanimus consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet, during the session of the Senate, to conduct a hearing entitled ``Reducing Senior Poverty and Hunger: The Role of the…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, on June 19, 2013, at 3 p.m., in room SD-226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing…

Mr. Chair, during rollcall vote No. 256 on June 19, 2013, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.'' Amendment No. 3 Offered by Ms. Foxx The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a…

Mr. President, I would like to announce for the information of the Senate and the public that a hearing has been scheduled before the Subcommittee on Water and Power of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. The hearing will…

We went to the KBRA and we were turned down from representation of the KBRA.