Patty Murray actually said...

"We do have a skills gap. ... This has to be part of our economic recovery."

"I think we are working very hard to get a good, solid bill out to address that."

"How can we expand proven approaches, such as on-the-job training, incumbent worker training, sector strategies and registered apprenticeships?"

"We cannot leave this as a hidden problem or something we are looking at and report back a year from now."