Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, today with the Workforce Investment Act, we are addressing perhaps our best and most valuable resource in this economy and this society, which is people. This bill, along with the economic stimulus package slated for tomorrow, are the results of a Congress and President who are focused on important issues relating to the economy, jobs, employment, and job training. In my home State of Louisiana, we are working together at every level, State, regional and local, to improve our workforce and create real jobs, too. Passage of the Workforce Investment Act will advance those goals, and certainly we look forward to that. But just as we expect government on all levels to work together toward this end, we certainly need to make sure that employers, training centers, potential employees, also all work together as seamlessly as possible. So my amendment is designed to improve the bill in that respect. It is a very simple and commonsense amendment, but one that I think is important to our overall goals.”