On the recordJune 12, 2019
There is no question that we have shortchanged career and technical education over the last few years because, to be honest, the last administration had a very different attitude about the needs of higher education. Thank goodness this Secretary and this administration have said career and technical education is important. It is an important part of our economy, and we find that those individuals who have career and technical education in those sectors of the economy that are vibrant do have multiple job offers. They have very lucrative job offers. On the other hand, some of the individuals who go to a traditional college leave with liberal arts degrees and leave with huge debts and very limited opportunities for employment. We have to rebalance that. I applaud the gentlewoman from Minnesota for emphasizing the importance because this is long, long overdue. Madam Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
