Political Quotes

“My amendment highlights the need to think about our future workforce and how it will change because of technology, and to encourage the Bureau of Labor Statistics to accept a wider and more forward-looking range of inputs into its range of projections for the workforce of the future and that BLS should conduct the Contingent Worker and Alternative Work Arrangement Supplement to the Current Population Survey more frequently. I co-chair the New Democrat Coalition's Future of Work Task Force with my colleagues Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester, Congressman Chris Pappas, and Congresswoman Haley Stevens, all of whom have cosponsored this amendment. The Future of Work Task Force has held a series of forums to hear from experts on various areas that will require this body's attention in the coming years and decades. Last Congress, we heard from historians, economists, and policy experts about how technological revolutions of the past have impacted social and political institutions, and the lessons from those experiences and from our current conditions that can help us prepare for the future. We have also heard from labor and business leaders who are pioneering new ways to attract talent, to retain the services of skilled employees, and to develop skills for the increasingly rapidly changing economy.…”