Political Quotes

As a nation, we must do better.

There was a United States senator once from Illinois named Barack Obama who got into the SAFETEA-LU Bill that you could use a half a percent of your SAFETEA-LU money to build the road construction work force of the future, women, people of color, poor people.

On behalf of the American people, Congress, the Board of Regents, and Smithsonian management have a responsibility to ensure the continued success of the institution for future generations.

We want to give that conversation a fresh look and acknowledge that we need to do a better job of ensuring that people... understand the many pathways they have to accessing the high-quality lifelong learning opportunities that apprenticeships provide.