On the recordFebruary 5, 2021
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from North Carolina for continuing to educate me on the process of the House as I learn. I am reminded by Representative Bush's amendment of my experience attending graduations from pre-apprenticeship programs and seeing whole families turn out, seeing people turn out with their children to celebrate the graduation from a pre-apprenticeship program that allows people, returning citizens, people with disabilities, people who have been excluded from economic opportunity before, to get into an apprenticeship that can transform their lives, that can rocket them into a middle-class life with a great wage and great benefits. Mr. Speaker, I urge everyone to support these en bloc amendments, and I yield back the balance of my time.
