Ms. YOUNG KIM. Kim votes aye.

With inflation and prices at a 40-year high, it is imperative that we hear from Secretary Yellen on how the administration's policies are impacting our job creators, entrepreneurs, small businesses, and workers.

I really appreciate all of our witnesses focusing on youth apprenticeship. It is critically important.

As Members of the Small Business Committee, we hear directly from small business owners and their employees on a regular basis on the challenges they face right now.

And that is why I introduced the Student Debt Alternative and CTE Awareness Act--check it out--which informs high school students about career and technical education opportunities before they commit to a traditional 4-year university and take out student loans.

I am very proud to represent California's 39th Congressional District.

Unfortunately, supply chain crisis and this issue have been exacerbated by workforce and truck driver shortages.

I think it is worth it because the value is there for the companies and certainly as a state grantee that is again new to the program, we are absolutely willing to make that tradeoff because we know the value is there for small businesses.

In my home state of California, we have this onerous legislation AB5.

Workforce shortages are only adding fuel to the fire of inflation.

At the end of May, the federal government's Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey found that there was a near record of 11.3 million job vacancies across the nation.