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“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 6655, A Stronger Workforce for America Act. Workers who are looking for higher paying careers and businesses looking for skilled workers should be able to rely on our workforce development system. Unfortunately, decades of chronic disinvestment and lax quality standards in our workforce system have contributed to unsustainable out-of-pocket costs for both workers and employers. I thank Ms. Foxx for her bipartisan cooperation in drafting the legislation. This bill makes an array of critical improvements to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, or WIOA, in that it will improve our workforce development system for everyone. It will help create a skilled workforce for the millions of new jobs created under the American Rescue Plan Act, the Inflation Reduction Act, the bipartisan infrastructure law, and the Chips and Science Act. Specifically, this bill will ensure that workers displaced from their jobs can access robust development services, including through individual training accounts by guaranteeing that they will receive a training voucher for no less than $5,000. This kind of investment will ensure displaced workers can pay for training in jobs that lead to high-quality, good-paying careers like welding or nursing, among many others.…”