[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 22245]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  JOB CORPS DAY CELEBRATING 45 YEARS OF PRODUCING PAYROLLS FOR AMERICA

  (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Today marks a historic event for the Nation's most 
significant Federal job-training agency. The Job Corps celebrates its 
45th anniversary today, recognizing the agency's many years of service 
to America during which it has helped launch the careers of nearly 3 
million disadvantaged youths.
  As part of the National Job Corps Association's celebration of this 
important anniversary, I'm proud to cosponsor Congressman Jerry Moran's 
resolution, H. Con. Res. 163, to designate September 23 as National Job 
Corps Day.
  Since 1964, the Job Corps has created a network of 123 Job Corps 
centers in 48 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. As 
part of the 45th anniversary celebration, I am pleased that one of my 
area's Job Corps interns, Esmeralda Sanchez, will be shadowing me 
tomorrow.
  Additionally, my local Homestead Job Corps center is hosting an open 
house event on Thursday, October 1, for the entire south Florida 
community to attend.
  Both locally and nationally, the Job Corps has definitely benefited 
America by producing payrolls for our country.

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