I would like to extend my thanks to Senator Shaheen and the entire New Hampshire congressional delegation for all their efforts in supporting the mission of the New Hampshire Job Corps.

We need to think about what we can do primarily at the Federal level to provide some incentives for the private sector to get in and provide service.

One of the things the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act legislation did at the Federal level was to try to look at some of the forms that are typical that employees fill out when they're applying for a job, or that workers fill out…

That's a huge role for the Federal Government and a place where we can partner with states.

Unfortunately, I think our Federal tax credit for child care has increased only one time since the 1970s, and clearly it's not keeping pace with the cost of child care.

I think both of those are really creative ideas. The challenge has been resources, of course.

I want to address one final issue before we close, because it has been such a huge challenge in New Hampshire, and that is the heroin and opioid crisis that we have faced and how that has affected the workforce.

I know that one of the real challenges we've had this summer with the hospitality industry, as the number of visas have been shrunk, has been getting in some of the workers that we need in the industry.

At some point we may need to think about what we did back in the 1930s with rural electrification where we have to step in and really pay for that last mile for broadband to get to some of our homes and communities in the State.

It is essential to us to be able to provide the service and keep our business running to have these workers come in, and having those programs cut is making it very difficult.

You know, I've also visited some advanced manufacturers who have talked about not just the need to reach out to students but to their parents.

For me and for my home state of New Hampshire, this is a very personal issue.