Cass Ballenger: “I wanted to speak in favor of H.R. 1853, the Carl D. Perkins…”

On the recordJuly 17, 1997

I wanted to speak in favor of H.R. 1853, the Carl D. Perkins Vocational-Technical Education Act Amendments. As a businessman who had to hire many people through my business lifetime, the most frustrating thing that occurs is when a person requests to fill out an application for work but they do not have time and they ask to be able to take that application home with them. One knows then they cannot read or write, which one we do not know. But they still want a job. Primary and secondary education did not provide what is necessary. That person is trapped in that never-never land of joblessness and unemployability. Job training is their only way out. Giving them some help through vocational and technical training gives them a chance. Please vote for H.R. 1853.

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Cass Ballenger

North Carolina

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Speaking in favor of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational-Technical Education Act Amendments.

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