Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record two letters. One is from the American Association of Community Colleges and the Association of Community College Trustees, and the other letter is from the Society for Human Resource Management, better known as SHRM. AACC ACCT, April 8, 2024. Hon. Virginia Foxx, Chairwoman, Committee on Education and the Workforce, House of Representatives, Washington, DC. Hon. Bobby Scott, Ranking Member, Committee on Education and the Workforce, House of Representatives, Washington, DC. Dear Chairwoman Foxx and Ranking Member Scott: We write on behalf of the nation's community colleges and their more than 10 million students to state our support for A Stronger Workforce for America Act (ASWAA), which we hope will be considered by the full House soon. This bill will help our current and future students better participate in our economy, enabling them to generate family-sustaining wages. We thank the committee for the many hours of work that produced this bipartisan measure. ASWAA builds on 25 years of experience with the federal workforce system that was overhauled in 1998. AACC and ACCT remain focused on ensuring that the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) facilitates full participation of community colleges in the workforce system, a goal that unfortunately has not yet been attained. This bill helps make the WIOA reporting requirements more realistic, a longstanding community college goal.…”