T. Gorton: “over the course of the last 20 or 25 years, this Nation and each administration has made significant investments in more…”

“over the course of the last 20 or 25 years, this Nation and each administration has made significant investments in more than 150 Federal job training programs. Each of these programs to a greater or lesser extent, have attempted to prepare America's young people for work, primarily, though of course not exclusively, in the private sector. This School-to-Work Opportunities Act is another in this series. Its goals, of course, are overwhelmingly worthy in that connection. But like most of those which have preceded it, it is primarily focused at finding jobs for young people about to leave school, or just having left school, in the private sector of our economy. The proposed amendment that I have at the desk at the present time deals with one of these other 150 programs which are already on the books. The Summer Youth Employment and Training Program also attempts to get young people prepared for a job in the real world, a job after they have completed their schools. Every summer, provides jobs for young people all across the United States of America. However, this Summer Youth Employment and Training Program is oriented exclusively at this point to the nonprofit and public sectors.”