[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 111 (Wednesday, July 16, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1173]
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         HONORING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE JOB CORPS PROGRAM

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                        HON. MICHAEL H. MICHAUD

                                of maine

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 16, 2014

  Mr. MICHAUD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Loring Job 
Corps Center as it joins 125 other campuses across the nation in 
celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Job Corps.
  The Job Corps program was established in 1964 as the central 
initiative of President Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty. The program 
was established to administer free-of-charge education and vocational 
training to youth ages 16 to 24. Providing support specifically for 
young unemployed men and women, the program was modeled after the 
highly successful Civilian Conservation Corps of the New Deal, which 
was discontinued after World War II. Since its inception under the 
Economic Opportunity Act, Job Corps has served more than two million 
young people, with approximately 60,000 students enrolled annually at 
centers throughout the country.
  The U.S. Department of Labor began developing a Job Corps Center in 
Limestone, Maine, on the former Strategic Air Command's Loring Air 
Force Base in 1994. The first students to arrive at Loring in January 
of 1997 transferred there in order to major in the University of 
Maine's Outdoor Recreation Associates Degree Program. Since it was 
first established, Loring has offered an excellent opportunity for 
students to obtain their GED, receive vocational and technical 
training, and utilize on-the-job training to find permanent 
employment--all at no cost.
  I am proud to recognize the Loring Job Corps Center for its years of 
committed service, and I look forward to its continued success in the 
years to come.
  Mr. Speaker, please join me in congratulating the Loring Job Corps 
Center as it celebrates 50 years of the Job Corps program.

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