Xavier Becerra: “Ladies and gentlemen, we would not send our troops into battle without the best training, armor or weapons. And in that…”

“Ladies and gentlemen, we would not send our troops into battle without the best training, armor or weapons. And in that same vein, in today's hypercompetitive global economy, we must know that our workers are the best trained, equipped with the best tools to challenge and excel in the face of that competition. You name the time or the place, in a fair fight, give me an American worker at my side, and I know I'll come out okay. But the tragedy here is that, just as we have learned that too many of our troops deployed to Iraq without sufficient body armor or vehicle protection and too many Iraq soldiers have come home to face deplorable or indifferent health care treatment as veterans, for years, too many Americans, as workers, have faced bureaucratic indifference and roadblocks in securing training and adjustment assistance after losing a job due to expanded trade. Today, we plan to change that. H.R. 3920 doubles job training opportunities so no American worker will face getting in that line and finding out that when he or she gets up there the money's run out for training. This bill also includes service employees and public employees in the protection, which we haven't had before. If you're a truck driver who loses a job because your company, that other company tells you, well, we no longer need your trucking services because that company's now moving to another country, you've lost your job because of trade, and you should be included as well.”