Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, we have to make sure that we understand that this amendment would add support for a work force development coordinator at schools as an allowable use of funds under this bill. As the gentleman from Massachusetts recalled, we had a discussion regarding this issue during the debate on the job training bill earlier this year, at which time I said I would be happy to work with the gentleman when we considered the vocational education bill, and I think that our bill accommodates his concerns without specifically allowing for funding of a work force coordinator. I understand the gentleman's concern that he is trying to get at it through his amendment, but our bill does not currently list support for any specific staff. The Federal Government should not outline what staff may or may not be hired by a school. However, what this bill does is list a number of activities as allowable uses of funds for vocational technical education programs at the local level that allow for the types of activities that I believe his amendment is trying to achieve.”