House Proceeding 09-22-09 on Sep 22nd, 2009 :: 1:31:55 to 1:34:00
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Earl Pomeroy: yield my time to the gentleman from north dakota so that he may speak on the passed. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. blumenauer: i thank my friend. i wanted to say some words on behalf of job corps and missed by moments, aparently, the

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Speech By: Earl Pomeroy

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Earl Pomeroy: formal opportunity to do that. i will add a statement to the record but let me say that as co-chair of the friends of job corps caucus, i believe so strongly in the promise of job corps and admire its 45-year track record in providing

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Earl Pomeroy: at-risk youth, the core job skills they need so they mht move forward and make something of their lives. my statement will include data, including the 60,000 youth every year choosing to enroll in job corps, the 58% of job corps that obtain the high

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Earl Pomeroy: school diploma or g.e.d. equivalent and graduate with jobs and job-related skills, pursuing service in the military and other alternatives, i have seen firsthand in the job center in north dakota youth getting after the business of turning their lives around and to see the new sense of self-escheme

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Earl Pomeroy: as they acquire skill, skills that will bring them job, jobs that will pay them living wages, so they might have, for the first time often in the life of their family a shot at leaving a better future for the children and grandchildren to follow. there's a reason why for 45 years, republicans and democ

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Earl Pomeroy: job corps. it works. the president has told people contemplating walking away from school, not continuing their career, he said, youe not only quitting on yourself, you're quitting on your country because we need those skills.