Political Quotes

“let me indicate the managers' amendment contains several components, one of which pertains to the issue of job training. We have worked very closely with Senator Lieberman, as I said earlier, with Senator DeWine, with a variety of other Members with respect to this issue. This amendment modifies the job training and scholarships sections authorized by S. 1723 as reported out of committee. In the job training end, the end product is the result, as I said, of work with Senators Kennedy, Wellstone, Lieberman, Robb, DeWine, and the chairman of the Labor Committee, Senator Jeffords. And without giving all the details, it would allow the Secretary of Labor to provide demonstration projects through part D of title IV of the JTPA Program for private industry councils or their successors or regional consortia, private industry councils or their successors. It would also allow the Secretary to support innovative technical skills training programs provided at the local level to help prepare workers with the skills necessary for the 21st century. In that sense, it conforms with the workforce development legislation we passed just last week.”