02/25/2009
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"What I think that does is stress the need for improving human capital, so that they can be competitive in jobs that they might otherwise not be."
"So with reasonable and available daycare, that should contribute to increased labor force participation."
"they pointed out that one of the problems is literacy; that they have a significant number of adults who walk in and they want jobs, they want to work, but they have very poor literacy, and very poor ..."
"I secured about $28 million in the Defense Appropriations Bills for a submarine, industrial-based support of workers, and of training, and education initiatives."