Roy Blunt actually said...

"I am a supporter of the program, quite honestly, because in a lot of areas that it is really difficult to get workers in a short period of time."

"I would think some of the overall--this big increase you asked for in the overall budget, maybe there are some ways to justify this $2.2 billion to fill some of those gaps."

"It is wrong for the Federal Government to dictate what that workforce should look like, and for bureaucrats in Washington to determine the speed in which we get there, that should be left up to States..."

"I had serious concerns that our country would not return to our pre-pandemic unemployment levels, which had been the lowest since the late 1960s."