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John Garamendi: “If I might interrupt you, before you move to the research agenda, which is absolutely critical, today the President of…”

On the recordJuly 22, 2014
If I might interrupt you, before you move to the research agenda, which is absolutely critical, today the President of the United States signed the revamping of the job training programs in America. This is a bipartisan effort. It passed the House on a bipartisan vote--I think almost universal votes for the Democrats; the Republicans, maybe two-thirds voted for it and a third against it--but it is a complete revamp of an important element of what you just described, which is the job training and the job preparation and the training that is needed for these advanced manufacturing technologies.
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California
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Jul 22, 2014

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