Political Quotes

“While the Workforce Opportunity for Rural Communities does fund rural grant opportunities, this amendment would simply prevent the Department of Labor from infusing environmental justice priorities into the program and return its focus to building economic opportunity for rural Americans. In other words, it uses the money the way that it should. My amendment would block using money for things that it should not be using it for. While the YouthBuild program does on face value sound like a beneficial program for development of vocational skills, the 2022 climate plan outlines how skills can be developed for demand in industries, including the clean energy sector. The reality is that it is a misapplication of funds, and it is being used inappropriately. When outlining its so-called environmental justice work, the DOL's climate plan references a strategic investment, but such a waste of resources isn't an investment at all. It is a colossal waste of taxpayer money. Madam Chair, the Department of Labor is dedicating limited resources, manpower, and money towards implementing the left's climate change agenda while the very American citizens on whose behalf it is supposed to be advocating--the working man--lose ground every day, with inflation eating away at their buying power, individuals having to give up on work, and intergenerational government dependency being some of the fallout related to those policies.…”