Political Quotes

“I thank Mr. Wilson for his comments. I am happy to say that I am one of those who supports the economy in South Carolina by buying those Bridgestone and Firestone tires for my vehicles. Mr. Wilson has been a strong advocate, obviously, for the people of his district, the people of his State, and has been a leader in regards to CTE. I look forward to working with him on this bill as well. I think I will have one more speaker, who is on the way. As I wait for him, Mr. Wilson talked about some of the schools in his area that have been doing a great job in connecting people, training people, educating people for the kind of jobs that are available in our workforces. Pennsylvania's 16th Congressional District is home to Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology, and it is an incredible story and similar to stories of many of the other institutions that are providing career and technical education. There was a job fair recently at Thaddeus Stevens College, and for just a few hundred graduates, there were about 450 companies essentially competing for those individuals, competing to fill spots they had. So it goes without saying that the placement rate at many of these schools--I know certainly at Thaddeus Stevens College--is almost 100 percent placement rate. They have a problem, in fact, sometimes keeping people until graduation because students are offered jobs even before they graduate, and they are hired away.…”