[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 11775-11776]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           VETERANS JOBS ACT

  (Mr. DENHAM asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DENHAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to urge the President to sign 
the Veterans Jobs Act.
  This body has a duty to make sure that every veteran, our brave men 
and women who are returning home--at 200,000 leaving Active Duty every 
year--actually have jobs available to them and that they're actually 
certified to be able to accept those jobs.
  We invest billions of dollars every year to give the best training in 
the world to our young men and women who are serving our country. Yet 
when they leave Active Duty, most times they're not certified for the 
very jobs that they're trying to get. Our brave men and women deserve 
the opportunity to jump right into these fields. Why should they have 
to get 2 or 3 extra years of training to duplicate the training they 
already have that is oftentimes much better training that they had on 
Active Duty.
  We have a duty to pass this bill, to have it signed into law, and to 
not let a day go by that these veterans return home and make sure that 
they've got the certifications to immediately enter our workforce.
  I urge the President once again to sign this important legislation 
that both bodies have passed now on a bipartisan level.

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