[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 6]
[House]
[Pages 7667-7668]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 ON-THE-JOB TRAINING TAX CREDIT OF 2015

  (Mr. AGUILAR asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. AGUILAR. Mr. Speaker, since taking office, my top priority has 
been to support policies that improve our economy and strengthen the 
Inland Empire's middle class.
  Last month I released my jobs plan, summarizing what I have heard 
from small-business owners, job seekers, and community leaders 
throughout San Bernardino County. Among the many issues people face is 
the skills gap, the disconnect that exists between potential employees 
and the available job market demands of those who possess specific or 
technical skills. That was one of the biggest problems that I heard.
  That is why yesterday I introduced the On-the-Job Training Tax Credit 
of 2015, a bill that creates a temporary tax credit for employers to 
use to help pay for the costs of training new hires. This will enable 
local owners to expand their businesses and empower employees with 
critical skills to help them succeed in the 21st century economy.
  Through apprenticeship programs, vocational schools, community 
colleges, and more, job seekers who have been locked out of today's 
economy will be retrained and brought back into the fold in the Inland 
Empire's economy.

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  Studies tell us that approximately 3\1/2\ million manufacturing jobs 
will be open over the next 10 years, but we will only be able to fill 2 
million of them due to the skills gap. It is time to retrain our 
workforce and build up the middle class. This bill will help us do just 
that.

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