Job Training Improvement Act of 2005

JOB TRAINING IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2005 -- (House of Representatives - March 02, 2005)

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Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, the outsourcing of good-paying American jobs to other countries is a crisis that touches every community in the United States. Up to half a million jobs have been outsourced over the past 3 years to countries like China, India, and Mexico. This at a time when there are 8 million Americans out of work.

Americans now understand that outsourcing negatively impacts every segment of our economy. Not only have 2.7 million jobs been lost in our once-vibrant manufacturing sector since the beginning of this administration but white collar jobs are being offshored as well. According to one report, 181,000 computer jobs will be moved offshore by the end of 2005. Last year, State and local governments outsourced $10 billion of public projects.

What we are witnessing today is a full-scale erosion of the American workforce, with millions seeking skills to improve their current employment situation. This bill undermines our job training system and our economy alike. This motion seeks to provide assistance to veterans, provide workers who lost their jobs to outsourcing with job training assistance, allowances to relocate to where they can find work and other forms of income support. This bill destroys the functioning elements of our job training system. It does not, quote, improve our delivery of these vital services for unemployed Americans.

I urge my colleagues to support this motion to recommit.

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