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Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement after President Obama’s speech in Raleigh.
“In today’s speech, President Obama talked about ways to reach the goal of an economy that produces good jobs for all Americans who want to work. I share this goal, and hope the President will follow through on his rhetoric with action. Unemployed Americans want to get back to work, and Republicans in Congress want to help, I introduced the SKILLS Act in order to cut through the current maze of federal workforce development programs and create a more consumer-oriented, responsive system that would help workers develop the skills needed to get one of the 3.6 million jobs that are currently unfilled due to a lack of qualified applicants. This is a reform that President Obama called for two years ago. The House passed the SKILLS Act last year only to have it blocked by Democrats in the Senate, along with more than three dozen other pieces of House-passed jobs legislation.
“The President has said he will use his pen and his phone to take action on jobs, he should start by writing down Senate Majority Leader Reid’s phone number and calling to tell him to pass the SKILLS Act.”
More information about the SKILLS Act can be found at www.edworkforce.house.gov/skillsact