David Schweikert: “We just finished a visit to the McKesson facility that is on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, and they are…”

“We just finished a visit to the McKesson facility that is on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, and they are talking about several hundred additional positions. As we sort of talk about this, we actually had a really neat experience about a month ago. The Arizona correctional system has sort of a pilot program that has been up and running for about a year. So picture this. We are in the Ways and Means room, we are holding a hearing. And sitting on the table before us is the woman who is a friend of ours who is the Central Arizona Homebuilders representative and over here is a gentleman with a very large electrical contracting company. The person sitting in the middle there with tattoos and those sorts of things is, I think, a three-time convicted felon who actually now is making $22 an hour and telling the story of how he had a substance abuse problem and had multiple times fallen back into that lifestyle. This time, he actually said: I am going to give this a try. They set up job training in the prison solely funded by the businesses, because they actually need electricians and carpenters and other things. They did the job training in the prison with a deal that if they finish this program, we will guarantee you a job. It doesn't mean they guarantee they are going to keep you, because you still have got to show up, you have to demonstrate productivity.…”