Kay Hagan: “today, I am proud to introduce an important piece of legislation to spur job growth across America. The American…”

“today, I am proud to introduce an important piece of legislation to spur job growth across America. The American Manufacturing Efficiency and Retraining Investment Collaboration Achievement Works Act also known as the AMERICA Works Act is part of the solution to the Nation's unemployment problem. With the national unemployment rate at 9.7 percent, and at 10.8 percent in my home state of North Carolina, we need to do everything we can to reinvigorate the American workforce. The United States needs a strong technical workforce. Our country is facing a widening skills gap between older workers with advanced technical skills who will be retiring in the next few years, and the younger workers who have not yet received adequate training to replace them. The AMERICA Works Act would give priority to Federal job training programs that provide an industry-recognized and nationally-portable credential.”