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.
Davis references Obama's legislation aimed at improving workforce diversity in construction.
Share & report
More from Susan Davis
The military pay system is not designed for junior enlisted members with families in high-cost areas.
I would hope that given the Trump administration's Stated interest in growing apprenticeships, it will embrace the opportunity to meaningfully scale up Registered Apprenticeships systems through this bill.
Other voices in this conversation
