On the recordMarch 15, 2013
I thank the gentleman for yielding. Look, we were admonished a minute ago in the well of the House about the shame of things, and I think we can all accept admonition that we, as a Congress, need to do better. But part of doing better, part of creating a bipartisan bill, is showing up to do the work. So when the minority chooses to walk out of a proceeding, while that's their prerogative, it doesn't create the environment for bipartisanship. Enough said. We're also told that there's shame and disappointment in not working, and I would assume that that shame and disappointment goes back to the previous majority, Mr. Chairman, who failed to do this work. Now, that's living in the rearview mirror, and enough of that. So the question is: How do we move forward? How do we take bipartisan or, actually, more importantly, nonpartisan advice from the Government Accounting Office which has looked at the status quo and made a couple of points? They've said the status quo is a failure. The status quo isn't syncing up job creation opportunities, that is, job training, with where the actual jobs are. Or said another way, we've got a status quo that's good for job trainers, but it's not good for the people that we all claim to speak for, that is, those who are unemployed and need a skill. So we were also told a minute ago that, and I think the word was, a majority of those who were involved somehow are opposed to the GOP plan.…
