Political Quotes

“This story basically says, ``Teens with tech talent rise to the top. Not even out of high school, computer jocks rake in big bucks.'' And it talks about how high school students working just part time are making $50,000 here in the Virginia suburbs filling some of these high-tech jobs for which it is difficult to locate sufficiently skilled personnel. The unemployment rate, of course, as we all saw in the most recent numbers, is at a 30-year low, and that is great news. We want to see the unemployment rate go lower. But the fact that it is so low buttresses what these various statistics I have just described suggest; namely, that we are at a point now where we are having a hard time filling these high-tech jobs. And if we don't fill them and if the expansion can't continue, I fear we will start to see the unemployment rate going in the other direction, because we will not be able to sustain the economic growth we have and because, as a consequence of that, we will also start to see American companies forced to look elsewhere for the employees they need. But the bottom line is this. There is a gap, and what we need to do, in my judgment, to address it is to provide both a short-term solution and a long-term solution as well.…”