Hilda L. Solis: “We have to make those investments that will allow our future to prosper by out-innovating out-competing, out-educating”

Since I last came here and testified before you more than a year ago many economic indicators show we are moving on a path to long-term economic recovery.

However, you and I know we still have a lot more work to do because we realize there are 12.8 million people that are still looking for work.

Job Corps program has a long history of preparing disadvantaged youth for a successful transition into the workforce.

At stake is the very survival of the basic American promise that if you work hard, you can do well enough to raise a family, own a home and put enough away for retirement.