If you need further clarification to my comments or have more questions, please do not hesitate to ask.

I am also very appreciative that you and members of your committee are allowing for more input regarding the needs of community colleges

Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the comments of our colleague from Maryland, but I think he needs to direct them to the President, and I am going to speak to that in my 1-minute. The editorial page of The Washington Post is not known for being…

It is time to be bold with how we prepare today's workers to compete and succeed in this new economy.

I believe it is past time to reauthorize and reexamine the Workforce Investment Act in a way that addresses each of these issues.

Chairwoman Foxx this concludes my remarks. I want to again thank you for the opportunity to testify before this Subcommittee on an issue vitally important to American innovation and commerce.

I expect we will discuss others throughout the hearing, including how the bill encourages greater collaboration with community colleges and promotes accountability over the use of taxpayer dollars.

Employers from across the country are reporting the same: that there are jobs available, but not enough skilled workers to fill them.

Taxpayer dollars are supporting too many bureaucrats and not enough workers.

Mr. Speaker, President Obama had a chance last night to lay out a plan for smart, strategic savings to replace his devastating sequester. We were all watching; we were all listening. We want to work together on this. But instead of laying…

Mr. Speaker, the Constitution of the United States of America was written to put in statute the limits of government's authority over citizens. It does not bestow rights or permit freedoms upon American people; rather, it delimits what…