[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 127 (Monday, September 8, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1332]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           IN RECOGNITION OF THE JOB CORPS' 50TH ANNIVERSARY

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                      HON. SANFORD D. BISHOP, JR.

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, September 8, 2014

  Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, it is my great honor to extend a 
heartfelt congratulations to the students, staff and supporters of the 
Job Corps as they celebrate 50 remarkable years of educating and 
training at-risk youth. The Turner Jobs Corps Center in Albany, Georgia 
celebrated this milestone with a citywide Birthday Bash held on 
Wednesday, August 20, 2014 at 9:15 a.m. on the campus at 2000 Schilling 
Avenue in Albany, Georgia.
  Job Corps is a no-cost education and training program that helps 
young people train for a career, earn a high school diploma or GED, and 
find and keep a good job. For eligible young people at least 16 years 
of age that qualify as low-income, Job Corps gives them the opportunity 
to learn skilled trades and provides them with the all-around tools 
needed to succeed in life.
  Job Corps is authorized by Title I-C of the Workforce Investment Act 
of 1998 and is administered by the U.S. Department of Labor. There are 
125 Job Corps center campuses located throughout the United States and 
Puerto Rico.
  For the past 50 years, the Job Corps program has had an enormous 
impact on millions of young people throughout the nation. As the 
national economy continues to recover, it is important that young 
people have the training and education they need to find and maintain 
stable jobs. I am grateful for the Job Corps program and its mission to 
give at-risk youth a second chance, equipping them with the resources 
they need to succeed now and into the future.
  I would like to especially recognize the Turner Job Corps Center in 
Georgia's Second Congressional District. I have worked closely with the 
Turner Job Corps Center and I have seen some of the best and most hard-
working young adults in Georgia and across the country emerge from its 
doors.
  I commend the Job Corps program and its dedicated staff for all the 
wonderful work they have done and will continue to do. I am so glad to 
have the Turner Job Corps Center in my District and I look forward to 
continuing to collaborate with the Center in working for our young 
people and our communities.
  Mr. Speaker, in closing, I ask that my colleagues join me and the 
more than 700,000 residents of Georgia's Second Congressional District 
in expressing our collective and profound gratitude to the students, 
staff and supporters for their work to educate and train at-risk youth 
so that they have the opportunity to pursue good careers and lead 
successful lives.

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