Political Quotes

“I thank my colleague from Delaware. As I look at the new Congress coming in, I view our bill--the Manufacturing Skills Act--as an opportunity where we can all work together to help workers and employers across the country meet the challenges of ensuring that manufacturing continues to thrive and grow in this country. These are good-paying jobs where the workers--who are excellent and want the opportunity but just need the skills--need the type of technology training and understanding of process, such as the lean process, and how we can improve our manufacturing. The bill Senator Coons and I worked on together will allow the local decisionmakers to put together the best training that will help create good-paying jobs, not only in Delaware, New Hampshire, and Wisconsin but across this country. I hope we can take up this bill very early on in the next session and get behind it. In New Hampshire, there are 66,000 jobs that are directly connected and related to manufacturing. As I have traveled to visit manufacturing employers throughout our State, I have been hearing about the same issues that my colleague from Delaware has heard; that is, that they are challenged in actually finding the right workforce for excellent- paying jobs and opportunities, but they need partnerships and help to get that trained workforce in place.…”