Political Quotes

“Madam Chair, I urge a ``yes'' vote to offer flexibility for contract apprenticeships across this country, and I yield back the balance of my time. Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Chair, may I ask how much time I have remaining. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Connecticut has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining. Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Chair, my Republican colleagues talk about the need for fiscal restraint, government waste, the problem of duplication. In fact, many will oppose the underlying bill, claiming fiscal responsibility, but now they are offering an amendment that is the antithesis of fiscal restraint. Let's be clear. The IRAPs are duplicative. They promote government waste. This amendment would open up Federal resources to support a program that does not exist. There are no IRAPs. The Department of Labor has yet to produce any binding definition of what these programs are or what they will do. It is easy to make promises when you do not have to deliver. Registered apprenticeship programs do and currently are delivering. That is why, in a bipartisan fashion, Congress has increased funding year after year in a tested, proven model. If the gentleman and my Republican colleagues want to support workforce development, they can vote in favor of the underlying bill. It provides $3 billion to States for job training to adults, youth, and dislocated workers.…”