[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11398]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT

  (Mrs. WAGNER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. WAGNER. Mr. Speaker, there is no bigger problem facing our 
country right now than getting hardworking Americans back to work with 
the skills they need to compete in a very tough economy.
  The biggest travesty is that June marked the 49th month in the last 
50 months when more people gave up looking for a job than found one, 
and that the only increase in hiring is for part-time employees.
  That is why the House will vote this week on the Workforce Innovation 
and Opportunity Act, based on the foundation of the SKILLS Act we 
passed earlier this year.
  This commonsense solution eliminates more than a dozen failing 
programs, saves taxpayer dollars, and provides skills training for in-
demand jobs. Such key, in-demand jobs are needed in my hometown of St. 
Louis, Missouri.
  It is time we start investing in nurses, medical assistants, 
manufacturing technicians, and computer support specialists and stop 
wasting billions of dollars every year on ineffective government 
programs that do little to train individuals with the skills they need.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' for more 
opportunity, ``yes'' for more jobs, and ``yes'' for the Workforce 
Innovation and Opportunity Act.

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