Barbara Boxer: “In this fast moving, global economy we are in, everyone admits education is the key. If all we can do is fund old…”

“In this fast moving, global economy we are in, everyone admits education is the key. If all we can do is fund old programs--by the way, they are good; we are not going to walk away from them--but if we cannot address the new challenges--and my friend mentions specifically the digital divide. Senator Mikulski and I have been working on a very good bill. We let thousands and thousands of foreign workers in here when we still have a 4-percent unemployment rate--by the way, the best in generations, but we do have people who need jobs--we do not have a shortage of workers, as Senator Mikulski says, we have a shortage of skills. My friend is so right to point out that when we do not authorize bills and we cannot look at the new solutions and the new challenges, we might as well be living in the last century.”