I want to talk to you about the Long-Term Veteran Care Choice Act and I think it is something that this Committee can certainly get behind and support

I agree with your intent and I want homeless veterans to be in safe conditions.

So I think you're right that the Commission needs to address both of those things.

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But we do understand the concern that a veteran wouldn't be on a reasonable schedule to complete a program if they were only taking one or two classes at a time.

I think as Congressman Huelskamp outlined for us, that certainly in these new, huge opportunities in trade we do not want agriculture left out of the picture as it has sometimes in the past.

I think they need to be implemented more across the board throughout the whole country.

I think it would be very beneficial to move that back into schools at the earliest educational levels.

The other thing that it does, just to add, is that it provides access to markets as well because it familiarizes more people with the product.

Your comment about the math skills, that is precisely what I am running into.

We all were elected to create jobs, and I thank Mr. Mittler for his comment that Congress should be a sensible partner with business.

I appreciate it. I was planning to yield back to wait for the next panel but I appreciate this conversation so much I just wanted to weigh in very briefly.

One of the most successful companies that I have visited on this Congress at our Company tour--I visited 17 small companies now and one of them has an ESOP.

I would love to get bipartisan support from the panel that will provide tax incentives to employers who partner with local colleges to prepare students for the workforce.

And if I could just very briefly with my one second left, what is the average hourly wage of the incoming employees?

So how can we all be working together to encourage those types of programs in our public schools?

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I think these are critical issues for us to be dealing with.

I commend you and Ms. Brownley for your leadership on this.

These are bipartisan, nonpartisan issues that we want to work with you on.