[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 190 (Wednesday, November 15, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H5859]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                RECOGNIZING NATIONAL APPRENTICESHIP WEEK

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, this week marks the ninth annual National 
Apprenticeship Week, a time when we can give our Nation's workforce 
development programs their annual physical.
  Right now, there are more than 6 million Americans who are unemployed 
and more than 9 million job openings in our country. That is a real 
problem, Madam Speaker, and it is because the education-to-work 
pipeline is clearly fractured.
  I have said time and time again that we need to promote workforce 
development programs that actually work. Let employers be the ones to 
lead the way on this front. Let free market solutions lead the way, as 
well.
  Madam Speaker, earn-and-learn programs offer workers a viable path to 
pursue the American Dream on their own terms. We should do everything 
we can to support them.

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